Guide to knowing more about the Stevens MRT

Stevens MRT Station is an underground MRT station in Singapore that serves the Downtown Line Stage 2. The station will serve the Stevens neighborhood is primarily residential and located at the intersection of Bukit Timah Road, Stevens Road, Dunearn Road, and Whitley Road. It will develop to connect with future transport infrastructure and be within walking distance of the Raffles Town Club and the Singapore Chinese Girls’ School. This station will be an interchange with the Thomson-East Coast Line In the future. Stevens MRT station will also include a station concourse adjacent to the platform, making it the first MRT station in Singapore.

Platform:

• Platform B: Downtown Line via DT11–NS21 Newton to DT35CG1 Expo 
• Platform A: Downtown Line through DT9CC19 Botanic Gardens to DT1–BP6 Bukit Panjang 

Stevens station has two DTL platforms in a stacked side platform design, with trains running in both directions using both platforms. The stacked platform design get chosen due to land restrictions imposed by the station’s proximity to the Wayang Satu Flyover and the Bukit Timah Canal. Basements 1 and 3 house the Expo and Bukit Panjang bound platforms. At Basement 2, the TEL platforms get grouped on an island. The air-conditioned station is isolated from the tunnel environment by full-height Platform screen doors, which improve commuter safety and station comfort.

Concourse:

Unlike other MRT stations, which feature a single set of fare gates leading to the train platforms, the Downtown Line Stevens station has two different sets of fare gates on the same level as the platforms. The concourse has faregates for automatic fee collection and access between the station’s paid and unpaid sectors, with at least one bidirectional wide-swinging gate for passengers in wheelchairs, those carrying heavy objects, or those traveling with prams. Commuters can buy tickets for single or many travels from General Ticketing Machines like Top-up Machines, which accept contactless card transactions. 

Design and layout of the station:

Platform B of DTL is at a higher level than Platform-A. Stevens is DTL’s smallest MRT station due to its closeness to the Wayang Satu Flyover and the Bukit Timah Canal. As a result, the LTA and contractor get forced to use a stacked platform system, with each platform servicing each direction on different levels. The depth of the station is 34.22 meters (112.3 ft). Stevens is the first station to have a set of fee gates on each platform, allowing public access to the remainder of the station.

Artwork:

As part of the MRT network’s Art-in-Transit program, “PIN – 23040” by Om Mee Ai is on display at this stop. The artwork features carefully stamped patterns of nutmeg and rubber tree foliage, seeds, and fruits as a nod to the area’s natural and cultural legacy, which included a diverse range of exotic plants in the 19th century. Commuters were reminded of the area’s “special historical and ecological character,” according to the artist.