Somerset MRT Station

NS23  Somerset MRT Station 索美塞地铁站 சாமர்செட் Stesen MRT Somerset Rapid transit
Platform of NS23 Somerset MRT station
Station statistics
Address	1 Somerset Road Singapore 238162
Coordinates	1°18′1.85″N 103°50′20.50″E
Lines	North South Line
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	Island
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	12 December 1987
Accessible
Code	NS23
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Orchard towards Jurong East North South Line Dhoby Ghaut towards Marina Bay
Location
Somerset MRT Station

Entrance to Somerset station before the construction of 313@Somerset.

Somerset MRT Station (NS23) is an underground station on the North South Line of the Mass Rapid Transit in Singapore, located under 313@Somerset Shopping Centre between Orchard Road and Somerset Road. It was upgraded in 2002, the first phase of station upgrading works on the system. Somerset MRT Station was named in reference to an English playwright, novelist and short story writer, William Somerset Maugham.^{[citation needed]} During his years in Singapore of the 1930s, Maugham wrote a series of stories on Malaya, Borneo and Singapore while staying at Raffles Hotel.

To commemorate Total Defence Day in 2000, the Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the first ever Shelter Open House at this station on 15 and 16 February, together with Tiong Bahru and Lavender stations.^{[citation needed]} The section of tracks between this station and Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station is the shortest between any two interchanges in Singapore and also between any two MRT Stations on the North South Line, it takes 1 minute for a train to travel between these two stations.

Incidents

A call was made from a public telephone at the concourse of the station at about 5p.m. on 26 September 2007 about a bomb at the station. The police have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the incident two days later on the morning of September 28, 2007 after finding no bomb.

Station Layout

L1	Street Level	313@Somerset & Orchard Central
B1	NSL Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control
B2	Platform A	North South Line towards  NS1  EW24  Jurong East via  NS9  Woodlands (→)
	Island platform, Doors open on the right
	Platform B	North South Line towards  NS27  CE2  Marina Bay (←)

Exits

• A – Comcentre, Singapore Power Building and Skate Park
• B – 313@Somerset, Cathay Cineleisure Orchard, Centrepoint Shopping Centre, Meritus Mandarin Singapore, The Heeren Shops, Faber House, Orchard Central, Orchard Point, Peranakan Place, Emerald Hill and Orchard Plaza

Transport Connections

Rail

Destination	First Train				Last Train
	Mon - Sat		Sunday & Public Holiday		Daily
North South Line
to NS1 Jurong East	6.08am		6.33am		11.54pm
to NS27 Marina Bay	5.50am		6.16am		11.46pm
to NS7 Kranji	-		-		12.13am

Bus

The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Somerset Road:

Bus Stop Code: 08121 (Somerset Station)
Service	Destination	Note
SBS Transit Trunk Services
7	Clementi Bus Interchange
14	Clementi Bus Interchange
16	Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
36	Tomlinson Road (loop)
65	HarbourFront Bus Interchange
111	Ghim Moh Bus Terminal
123	Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
124	Saint Michael's Bus Terminal
128	Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot
143	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
162	Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal
162M	Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal
174	Boon Lay Bus Interchange
175	Clementi Bus Interchange
SBS Transit Fast Forward Services
14e	Orchard Road
174e	Boon Lay Bus Interchange
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
77	Bukit Batok Bus Interchange
106	Bukit Batok Bus Interchange
167	Sembawang Bus Interchange
171	Yishun Bus Interchange
190	Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange
700	Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange
700A	Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange
SMRT Buses Express Service
971E	Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange
SMRT Buses NightRider Services
NR1	Yishun Ring Road (loop)
NR2	Sembawang Drive (loop)
NR3	Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange
NR5	Jurong West Street 75 (loop)
NR6	Resorts World Sentosa
NR7	Marina Centre Bus Terminal
NR8	Bukit Batok West Avenue 7 (loop)