Mountbatten MRT Station

CC7 Mountbatten 蒙巴登 | மவுண்ட்பேட்டன்
Address	301 Mountbatten Road, Singapore 398006
Line Served	Circle Line
Operator	SMRT Trains
Structure	Underground
Platform	Island
Opened	17 Apr 2010

Mountbatten MRT Station (CC7) is an underground station along the Circle Line (CCL). It is built underneath the junction of Mountbatten Road, Old Airport Road and Stadium Boulevard.

Serving the Mountbatten subzone, the area and the station is named after British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900-79), the Supreme Allied Commander of the South East Asia Command who accepted the Japanese surrender of Singapore during the Second World War.

Apart from residential flats, Mountbatten station also serves nearby schools, markets and fast food outlets at Stadium Boulevard.

First / Last Train Timings

Station Layout

Platforms

Circle Line (B2):

Platform A: Circle Line towards CC29NE1 HarbourFront via CC8 Dakota (→) Platform B: Circle Line towards CC1NS24NE6 Dhoby Ghaut via CC6 Stadium (←) Circle Line towards CE2NS27TE20 Marina Bay via CC6 Stadium (Peak Hour Alternate Trains)  (←)

Mountbatten station has two platforms in an island platform arrangement.

Concourse

Art in Transit: “Lord Mountbatten Thinks of Pink” by Jason Wee

Lord Louis ‘Dickie’ Mountbatten, friend to Noel Coward, Jawaharlal Nehru and Lee Kuan Yew, once thought it a good idea to paint a fleet of ships pink in wartime. In 1940, he invented Mountbatten Pink as a naval camouflage colour for the Fifth Flotilla. The naval commander reasoned that pink pigments will match the colour of the sky at dawn and dusk, making the ships harder to see by the enemy. Using these unusual connections as inspiration, the artwork depicts a modern container ship at those ‘pink’ hours, a vessel typical of those moored off the Fort Road shoreline close to the station. This station, and Mountbatten Road beside it, is eponymously named after him, the colourful last Viceroy of India.

Civil Defence shelter

Mountbatten CCL station is one of eleven stations along the Circle Line designated as Civil Defence (CD) shelters, which will be activated in times of national emergency. Apart from reinforced construction, the stations are designed and equipped with facilities to ensure the shelter environment is tolerable for all shelterees during shelter occupation. These facilities include protective blast doors, decontamination facilities, ventilation systems, power and water supply systems and a dry toilet system.

Station Amenities

• Public Toilets at concourse level (B1)
• ATM
• Bicycle racks at station exits

Exits

Mountbatten MRT station has two exits at ground level (A and B), both of which offer barrier-free accessibility for the the disabled.

Exit	Location	Nearby
A	Jalan Lima	Mountbatten Square, Singapore Association for the Deaf, Mountbatten Vocational School, Kallang Estate Market, Old Airport Road Hawker Centre, Cassia Crescent, Guillemard Village (Former Badminton Association), Jamiyah Children’s Home, Mountbatten Centre, Kallang Netball Centre, Kallang Squash & Tennis Centre
B	Dakota Crescent	Old Airport Road, Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore Sports Council, Singapore Cricket Association, Broadrick Secondary School, Long Beach KING, McDonald’s (Stadium Boulevard), KFC (Stadium Boulevard),

Transport Connections

Mountbatten station connects to several bus stops in the vicinity, as well as taxi stands and passenger pick-up points.

Bus

There are five official bus stops linked to Mountbatten station. Additional bus stops are reflected to better represent transport connections.

Road

Pick-up/drop-off points are located next to Circle Line station exits:

MRT Bus Bridging Service

In the event of a MRT service disruption affecting Mountbatten station, MRT Bridging Buses may be activated to ply affected stretches of the Circle 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 2 & 3 when activated.

Passenger Usage Patterns

Serving a mix of commercial and residential developments in the vicinity, Mountbatten station encounters low to moderate demand throughout the day.

Construction

Circle Line Stage 2 (CCL2) Contract 823 for the construction and completion of Mountbatten, Dakota and Paya Lebar stations and tunnels was awarded to Japanese and local companies Nishimatsu-Lum Chang Joint Venture.

The working name for Mountbatten station was Old Airport Road Station.

Gallery

External Links & References

• Circle Line Art In Transit – LTA