Bencoolen MRT Station

DT21  Bencoolen MRT Station 明古连地铁站 பென்கூலன் Stesen MRT Bencoolen
Rapid transit
Location	31 Bencoolen Street Singapore 189658
Coordinates
Operated by	SBS Transit DTL
Line(s)
Platforms	Island
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	43 metres
Platform levels	6
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	DT21
History
Opened	2017
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Fort Canning towards Bukit Panjang Downtown Line Future service Jalan Besar towards Expo
Location
Bencoolen MRT Station

Bencoolen MRT Station (DT21) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Downtown Line Stage 3 in Singapore. Located under Bencoolen Street, the station will serve the nearby Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, which is next to the station. The station is located within a five-minute walk to Circle Line's Bras Basah.

Bencoolen will be the deepest MRT station in Singapore at 43 m (141 ft) below ground when completed, the second being Promenade.

Etymology

The station was named after Bencoolen Street, which was in turn named after the city of Bencoolen (now Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia).

History

As the station is located under Bencoolen Street, a portion of the Bencoolen Street is closed from Prinsep Link to Bras Basah Road from October 2011 to the fourth quarter of 2016.

Station layout

L1	Street Level
B1	Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Transitlink Counter
B2	Service Level	Restricted access
B3	Service Level	Restricted access
B4	Service Level	Restricted access
B5	Platform B	Downtown Line (future service) towards  DT35  CG1  Expo via  DT22  Jalan Besar (→)
	Island platform
	Platform A	Downtown Line (future service) towards  DT1  BP6  Bukit Panjang via  DT20  Fort Canning (←)

Transport connections

Destination	First Train				Last Train
	Mon – Sat		Sunday & Public Holiday		Daily
Downtown Line
to DT1 Bukit Panjang	–		–		–
to DT35 Expo	–		–		–