Rochor
Rochor MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Downtown Line in Rochor, Singapore. Located between Sungei Road and Rochor Canal Road, the station serves landmarks such as Sim Lim Square, the Lasalle College of the Arts and Tekka Centre.Photo: Skirtick, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: R22-3877, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: MRT station in Singapore
- Also known as: “DT13” and “Rochor MRT station”
- Address: 11 Rochor Canal Road, Singapore, 188505
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Masjid Abdul Gaffoor and Tekka Place.
Masjid Abdul Gaffoor
Mosque
Photo: Sengkang, Copyrighted free use.
Masjid Abdul Gaffoor and occasionally known as the Dunlop Street Mosque, is a historic mosque located in Little India, Singapore. Named after its founder Shaik Abdul Gaffoor, it was originally built in 1910 as a replacement of an older mosque located along Dunlop Street. Masjid Abdul Gaffoor is situated 150 metres east of Rochor.
Sim Lim Square
Shopping center
Photo: Fooby, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sim Lim Square, known in Chinese as 森林商業中心 and commonly referred to as SLS, is a large retail complex in Singapore that offers a wide variety of electronic goods and services including cameras, phones, video cameras, and computer parts and servicing. Sim Lim Square is situated 120 metres southeast of Rochor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rochor and Little India.
Rochor
Suburb
Rochor is a planning area located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore. Rochor shares boundaries with the following planning areas – Kallang to the north and east, Newton to the west, as well as Museum and the Downtown Core to the south.
Little India
Photo: innovision, CC BY 2.0.
Little India is, as the name promises, the centre for the large Indian community in Singapore. While a rather sanitised version of the real thing, Little India retains its distinct identity without degenerating into a mere tourist attraction and is one of the most colourful and attractive places to visit in Singapore.
Sungei Road
Neighborhood
Photo: Aldwinteo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sungei Road is a road in Singapore situated between Serangoon Road and Jalan Besar and runs along the Rochor Canal. The area around Sungei Road formerly housed affluent Europeans and Asians, and many ornately designed buildings were built there.
Rochor
- Categories: underground station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.30394° or 1° 18′ 14″ northLongitude
103.85247° or 103° 51′ 9″ eastOperator
SBS TransitOpen location code
6PH58V32+HXOpenStreetMap ID
way 739472747OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q1117735
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Yue Chinese—“Rochor” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Rochor MRT station”
- Chinese: “DT13”
- Chinese: “梧槽”
- Chinese: “梧槽站”
- Finnish: “Rochorin metroasema”
- French: “Rochor”
- German: “Rochor MRT station”
- German: “Rochor”
- Japanese: “ロチョー駅”
- Malay: “DT13”
- Malay: “Stesen MRT Rochor”
- Polish: “Rochor”
- Tamil: “DT13”
- Tamil: “ரோச்சர் தொடருந்து நிலையம்”
- Urdu: “روچور ایم آر ٹی اسٹیشن”
- Yue Chinese: “梧槽站”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lasalle College of the Arts Extension and The Gem Museum.
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