Dakota MRT station

Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore

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Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station

Platform A of Dakota MRT station with featured artwork in November 2017.

General informationLocation201 Old Airport Road
Singapore 397973Coordinates

Preceding station	Mass Rapid Transit			Following station
Mountbatten towards Dhoby Ghaut or Marina Bay		Circle Line		Paya Lebar towards HarbourFront

Location
Dakota Dakota station in Singapore

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 Dakota DC-3 aircraft that used to frequently land at the former Kallang Airport. This station primarily serves the Old Kallang Airport Estate, and is within walking distance to Mountbatten MRT station and Grand Dunman.^[2]

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. Construction started in October that year. The old Guillemard Camp Road was widened to provide public buses enough space to drive through. The closed stretch of Old Airport Road has since re-opened on 29 December 2008 at 5am.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.
^ "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.
^ 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.