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North South Line / East West Line

Raffles Place MRT Station

Raffles Place MRT (NS26/EW14) is a **key interchange station** linking the North South Line and East West Line in Singapore’s financial core. It serves the historic Raffles Place area and provides direct access to nearby offices, civic spaces, and underground pedestrian connections in the CBD.

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Reviewed station information

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Transport context

Rail network access

Source-backed Raffles Place MRT Station identity for orientation and neighbourhood research. This block does not describe live service status, fares, train timings, or government endorsement.

Station identity, lines, codes, and interchange state come from the Homejourney shared MRT registry. The approximate map point is MRTStations-owned local presentation data; LTA/DataMall station-name and type fields are used only for reconciliation.

Lines: North South Line / East West Line
Station codes: NS26 / EW14
Interchange: Yes
Approximate map point: 1.2840, 103.8514

Reference: LTA DataMall TrainStation_Mar2026.zip; checked 2026-07-12. Dataset page and Singapore Open Data Licence. Data attribution does not imply LTA or Singapore government endorsement of MRTStations.com.

Station facts

Raffles Place MRT is an interchange station on the North South Line and East West Line, with station codes NS26 and EW14. The station sits in the Raffles Place area, which is historically associated with Singapore’s commercial centre and remains one of the city’s most important transit nodes for office workers and visitors. The station map and official station information identify it as a central downtown interchange with multiple access points and direct linkage to the surrounding underground network.

Amenities and lifestyle

The station is well placed for daily CBD life, with the Raffles Place area offering nearby retail, dining, and public-space options suited to weekday commuters. Raffles Place Park is within the station’s immediate locality and is described by NParks as wheelchair accessible, making it a useful green pause in a dense business district. The area’s mix of offices, food outlets, and pedestrian-friendly underground links supports lunchtime errands, quick meals, and short walking commutes.

Commute and access

Interchange access is the station’s main commuting advantage, allowing transfers between the North South Line and East West Line without leaving the station complex. Official station information shows the station as part of SMRT’s mapped network for central-area movement, while the surrounding locality is known for dense pedestrian circulation between offices, transit links, and nearby destinations. Because the station is in a major downtown core, it is especially useful for commuters heading to the CBD and for visitors moving on foot between nearby landmarks.

Nearby context

Raffles Place is a historic commercial district that continues to function as one of Singapore’s central business locations. Nearby context includes office towers, pedestrian routes into the CBD, and Raffles Place Park, which adds a small public open space to an otherwise high-density commercial setting. The station’s role is therefore less about residential catchment and more about serving the daily movement of workers, clients, and visitors in the financial and civic core.