Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station

NS24  NE6  CC1  Dhoby Ghaut 多美歌 டோபி காட் Dhoby Ghaut
Rapid transit
Circle Line platform of Dhoby Ghaut MRT station.
Location	11 Orchard Road 60 Orchard Road 13 Orchard Road Singapore 238826 / 238889 / 238893
Coordinates	1°17′57″N 103°50′45″E / 1.299156°N 103.845736°E / 1.299156; 103.845736
Operated by	SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) (North South & Circle Lines) SBS Transit (ComfortDelGro) (North East Line)
Line(s)	North South Line   North East Line   Circle Line
Platforms	Island
Tracks	6
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	28 metres
Platform levels	5
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	NS24  NE6  CC1
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	12 December 1987 (North South Line) 20 June 2003 (North East Line) 17 April 2010 (Circle Line)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	The Istana
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Somerset towards Jurong East North South Line City Hall towards Marina South Pier Clarke Quay towards HarbourFront North East Line Little India towards Punggol Terminus Circle Line Bras Basah towards HarbourFront
Location

Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station (NS24/NE6/CC1) is a Mass Rapid Transit station in the Museum planning area, Singapore, located at the eastern end of Orchard Road. Originally a station on the North South Line, it became an interchange station after the opening of the North East Line on 20 June 2003. On 17 April 2010, it became the only station to be an interchange between three lines when the Circle Line wing of the station was opened to public. It is the largest MRT station in Singapore and is equipped with travellators due to its size. The North South Line section of the station was upgraded in 2002 in the first phase of the station upgrading programme, which was completed in 2006.

It is the third deepest MRT station (after Bras Basah then Promenade) in Singapore, with the deepest point at 28 metres below ground level. The section of track between this station and Somerset is the shortest between any two stations on the North South Line; it takes 1 minute for a train to travel between these two stations.

Dhoby Ghaut (pronounced Dhobi Ghat) literally means "washerman's place" in Hindi.

Before the station was built, it was tentatively named Istana, after the Istana in the vicinity. Its current name, Dhoby Ghaut, was selected in order to reflect the area's heritage as a traditional Indian laundromat.

Before the construction of the North East Line, the Circle Line and The Atrium at Orchard, an underpass opened on 8 December 1990 and helped ease congestion at the traffic lights across Orchard Road.