Raffles Place MRT station

Raffles Place  NS26  EW14  莱佛士坊 ராஃபிள்ஸ் பிளேஸ்
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange
Exit A of Raffles Place station
General information
Location	5 Raffles Place Singapore 048618[1]
Coordinates	1°17′2″N 103°51′5″E / 1.28389°N 103.85139°E / 1.28389; 103.85139
Operated by	SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)	North–South Line   East–West Line
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	4
Connections	DT17  Downtown Bus, taxi
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	12 December 1987; 37 years ago (1987-12-12)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Central[2][3]
Passengers
August 2023	61,098 per day[4]
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station City Hall towards Jurong East North–South Line Marina Bay towards Marina South Pier City Hall towards Pasir Ris East–West Line Tanjong Pagar towards Tuas Link
Track layout v t e Legend to Dhoby Ghaut to Bugis   B2 (upper) City Hall B3 (lower) B3 (upper) Raffles Place B4 (lower)   to Marina Bay to Tanjong Pagar
Location Raffles Place Raffles Place station in Singapore

Raffles Place MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North–South Line (NSL) and East–West Line (EWL) in Singapore. Located in the Downtown Core, the station is underneath Raffles Place south of the Singapore River. The station serves various landmarks including The Fullerton Hotel, Merlion Park and the Asian Civilisations Museum and various commercial buildings such as One Raffles Place and OCBC Centre.

Initially named Central MRT station, the station was included in the early plans for the original MRT network in 1982. Construction of the tunnels between the City Hall and Raffles Place stations required the draining of the Singapore River. The station opened on 12 December 1987 with the MRT extension to Outram Park station. Like the adjacent City Hall station, cross-platform transfers between the NSL and EWL began on 28 October 1989, ahead of the split of the MRT network into two lines on 4 November.

The station has ten entrances, three of which adopt colonial-style facades. Three artworks are displayed at the station: two murals by Lim Sew Yong and Thang Kiang How depict scenes of Singapore's history, while Aw Tee Hong's sculpture draws inspiration from Chinese junks.