Bugis MRT Station

Bugis MRT Station

Bugis MRT Station (EW12/DT14) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station located on the East West Line. It is located next to Bugis Junction, which has a direct link to the mall. It has almost the same design as the neighbouring Lavender, save for the different colours of lights used. It was built on the site of The New 7th Storey Hotel.

Bugis is a busy station due to the many places it serves which include Iluma, Sim Lim Square, Bugis Village and Bugis Junction many shophouse housing retail and food outlets. The station is also nearby to National Library and the Kampong Glam as well as many private educational schools in the area like Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LASALLE College of the Arts which also situated nearby. The station was built on the site

Bugis will be an interchange with the future Downtown Line and will serve as the northern terminus until 2015, when it would be replaced by Bukit Panjang as the second phase of the line opens. As the distance between the platforms is relatively long, it will have travelators, the third station after Dhoby Ghaut and Serangoon to have travelators within the paid area.