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The
Marina Bay MRT Station (NS27/CE2) is the southern terminal station of the
North South Line in
Singapore. This station is located on
reclaimed land and there are no developments surrounding it, and hence contrary to what the name implies, there exists a slight distance between the station and the actual
town of
Marina Bay. The station is used now as a means for locals to travel from other parts of the island here to connect to a bus service that brings them to a recreational area nearby. In the future, this station will serve businessmen & office workers who work in the up and coming
New Downtown, an extension of Singapore's
Central Business District. This Station will also serve residents who live in the New Downtown, as well as tourists and locals visiting the attractions that are located there.
This station was one of 4 stations which participated in
Exercise Northstar V, a mock terrorist exercise held on Jan 8 2006.
This station would be an interchange with the
Circle Line in the future, which is part of the rumoured Stage 6 of the Circle Line from
Promenade to
HarbourFront. It may be thought that the extension will go down via Keppel Road, stopping at
Shenton Way after
Marina Bay and terminating at Harbour Front.
With the
Circle Line extension to
Marina Bay, the...
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