Dakota MRT station
Dakota
CC8 达科达
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| Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | |||||||||||
Platform A of Dakota MRT station with featured artwork in November 2017. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 201 Old Airport Road Singapore 397973 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°18′30″N 103°53′18″E / 1.308289°N 103.888253°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes (External) | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 17 April 2010 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Tanjong Katong, Dunman[1] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| June 2024 | 7,870 per day[2] | ||||||||||
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Dakota MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle line in Geylang planning area, Singapore, next to Geylang River.
Located along Old Airport Road between the junctions of Jalan Dua and Dakota Crescent, Dakota station took its name from the Douglas DC-3 aircraft, commonly referred to as the Dakota, that used to frequently land at the former Kallang Airport. This station primarily serves the Dakota Crescent Estate, and is within walking distance to Mountbatten MRT station and Grand Dunman.[3]
History
Before the station was built, it was originally known as Tanjong Katong. As Tanjong Katong is too far away, it was renamed to Dakota in March 2005.
The Circle Line contract was awarded to Nishimatsu-Lum Chang Joint Venture for Contract 823, between Mountbatten and Paya Lebar stations.
Due to the tight corridor of the Old Airport Road, it was the first station to have the full road closure. Guillemard Camp Road was temporary widened to allow public buses enough space to drive through and was given to Land Transport Authority (LTA) from MINDEF. The closed stretch was reopened on 29 December 2008, and Guillemard Camp Road was returned back to MINDEF, before giving back to the state land with the closure and demolition of Guillemard Camp in 2020. The existing site became a HDB prime-based BTO flat.[4]
Location
The station is located along Old Airport Road at the junction of Jalan Dua and beside the Geylang River. It has two exits; Exit A is located at Jalan Dua and serves nearby locations such as Chung Cheng High School, Eton House International School, and Old Airport Road Market & Food Court. Exit B is located at Dakota Crescent and serves Broadrick Secondary School, WaterBank at Dakota, Dakota Residence, Mountbatten Neighbourhood Police Post and Geylang Park Connector.
Name
The station is named after the nearby Dakota Crescent Estate that it serves, which in turn is named after the Douglas DC-3, which was commonly referred to as the Dakota and often landed and took off from the nearby Kallang Airport. The naming of the estate may also be a commemoration of a disaster that occurred on 29 June 1946, when a Royal Air Force Dakota aircraft crashed at Kallang Airport in a thunderstorm, resulting in the deaths of everyone on board.[5]
Art in Transit
The artwork featured in this station is Little things, little stories by A Dose of Light (Ang Song Nian and Zhao Renhui). This artwork narrates an open-ended story of Dakota Crescent through the objects inside residents’ homes, along the HDB flat corridors and shared outdoor spaces which attempt to chronicle a visual history and narrative of the space before the station is built.[6]
References
- ^ "Annex A FINALISED NAMES FOR CIRCLE LINE (CCL) STAGES 1-3 STATIONS". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 18 December 2006.
- ^ "Land Transport DataMall". Datamall. Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Grand Dunman | New Luxurious Condo at Dunman Road". Grand Dunman | at Dunman Road by SingHaiYi. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "News Releases: Re-Opening Of Old Airport Road". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
- ^ "5 things to know about Dakota Crescent before its gone". Home & Decor Singapore. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ Massot, Gilles (7 April 2020). "Getting Around - Public Transport - A Better Public Transport Experience - Art in Transit". LTA. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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