Rochor MRT Station

DT13 Rochor 梧槽 | ரோச்சோர்
Address	11 Rochor Canal Road, Singapore 188505
Line Served	Downtown Line
Operator	SBS Transit
Structure	Underground
Platform	Island
Opened	27 Dec 2015

Rochor MRT Station (DT13) is an underground station along the Downtown Line (DTL). It is built underneath Sungei Road and Rochor Canal Road, serving parts of the vibrant Bugis, Rochor and Little India district.

The station is located in the vicinity of shopping centres, office and retail mixed-use developments, preserved shophouses and LASALLE College of the Arts. Construction of the station involved significant engineering challenges to divert the Rochor Canal and building the station underneath the future North South Corridor and Rochor Canal.

First / Last Train Timings

Station Layout

Platforms

Downtown Line (B3):

Platform A: Downtown Line towards DT1–BP6 Bukit Panjang via DT12NE7 Little India (→) Platform B: Downtown Line towards DT35CG1 Expo via DT14EW12 Bugis (←)

Rochor station has two platforms in an island platform arrangement, with both platforms utilized for trains travelling in either direction.

Concourse

The station concourse is located at Basement 2.

Art in Transit: “Tracing Memories” by LASALLE College of the Arts

These local vintage objects, acquired from The Thieves’ Market, are featured deliberately in Tracing Memories to convey the impression of a motherboard. Executed in three styles of image making, from simple pencil drawing to monoprint and modern digital drawing, the artwork attempts to examine the binary reflections of what Singapore’s youths share, while living in a contemporary city: a fascination with technological advancement through the latest gadgets and gear, as well as sentimentality for history, tradition and memorabilia.

Station Amenities

• Public Toilets at DTL concourse
• Retail Shops at DTL concourse
• ATMs
• Bicycle Racks at station exit

Exits

Rochor MRT station has two exits leading to ground level (A and B). Exit A is the main exit with an lift and escalator network, while Exit B is simply a pair of lifts leading to street level. A notice at both ends of the staircase at Exit B advises commuters to use the lifts instead of the stairs.

Exit	Location	Nearby
A	Rochor Canal Road	Albert Centre, Albert Complex, Burlington Square, Fu Lu Shou Complex, Hotel G, Ibis Singapore on Bencoolen, LASALLE College of The Arts, Sim Lim Square, The Bencoolen
B	Sungei Road	Masjid Abdul Gafoor, Rochor Centre, Sim Lim Tower, Singapore After-Care Association, The Verge

Transport Connections

Rochor station connects to two bus stops in the vicinity, as well as a taxi stand and several passenger pick-up points.

Bus

There are two official bus stops linked to Rochor station.

Road

Taxi stands and pick-up/drop-off points are located next to station exits:

MRT Bus Bridging Service

In the event of a MRT service disruption affecting Rochor station, MRT Bridging Buses may be activated to ply affected stretches of the Downtown Line. In which case, the buses can be boarded from the following bus stops:

In addition, passengers can board free regular bus services at Bus Stops 1 & 2 when activated.

Passenger Usage Patterns

As a Central area station serving both commercial and civic districts, Rochor station encounters moderate demand levels from developments in the vicinity but does not encounter heavy demand owing to close proximity to Bugis and Little India interchange stations, which are the main stations serving the Bugis and Little India districts respectively.

Construction Trivia

Downtown Line Stage 2 (DTL2) Contract 921 for the Design and Construction of Rochor and Little India stations and associated tunnels was awarded to South Korean company SsangYong Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. for approximately S$803.3 million in Jun 2009.

The construction of Rochor and Little India MRT stations presented the greatest engineering challenge of the entire Downtown Line. Construction involved over 30 stages of traffic and canal diversions, including the creation of temporary roads facilitate construction works and minimise traffic disruptions in Rochor. At $803 million, the contract to build these stations was one of the highest ever given out.

The Rochor Canal, formerly visible at ground level between Sungei Road and Rochor Canal Road, was diverted to flow underground. and expanded to increase its capacity. A 180-metre long, 40-metre wide and 8-metre high tunnel box was also built as part of advance works for the North-South Expressway, and underneath that, the concourse and platforms of Rochor station. All this had to be built in marine clay, at times having the consistency of peanut butter, and as such, infrastructure had to be stabilized firmly into the ground.

A Straits Times graphic is attached here.

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