History
Before the construction of the North East Line, the Circle Line and The Atrium at Orchard, an original underpass opened on 8 December 1990 helped ease congestion at the traffic light across Orchard Road.
Dhoby Ghaut was one of four stations which participated in Exercise Northstar V, a mock terrorist exercise held on January 8, 2006. In addition, this station had also, damaged third rail between Dhoby Ghaut and City Hall on December 15, which caused the emergency evacuation and causing 3 injuries.
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