Peek at Circle Line latest additions...

11 new Circle Line MRT stations opens today. They add to the lines's first phase of 5 stations which opened in May last year. The new 11-km stretch linking Suntec City and Bras Basah to the heartlands in Lorong Chuan and Serangoon.
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The 11 new stations - Dhoby Ghaut, Bras Basah, Esplanade, Promenade, Nicoll Highway, Stadium, Mountbatten, Dakota, Paya Lebar, MacPherson and finally, Tai Seng.
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Here are some stations with interesting designs:
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^Bras Basah Station - the uniqueness of this station:
1. deepest MRT station at 35m;
2. has the longest escalator at 41m;
3. include a glass roof filled with water
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^This glass flooring filled with water is actually the roof of Bras Basah Station.
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^Mountbatten Station - SSC Kallang centre for netball, squash, tennis and cricket are within walking distances.
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^The platform of Mountbatten Station.
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^Nicoll Highway Station - easy access to Beach Road and Arab Street
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^Paya Lebar Interchange - The first MRT station in Singapore to have both above-ground and underground lines. The only station to have 3 underground tracks.
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^Paya Lebar Interchange - see the above-ground and underground lines...
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^Promenade Station links Suntec City & hotels in the Marina area. This station has 2 train platforms on top of each other (see picture).
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^Promenade Station (wonder why this station must have this type of deco???)

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^Stadium Station is just a stone throw to the National Stadium, Indoor Stadium and Kallang Theatre.

^uniquely Stadium Station...

^Stadium Station has 2 concourses that can accommodate 1000 people each, for crowds from the Singapore Indoor Stadium, the Kallang Theatre and the National Stadium.