Dakota MRT station

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.

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.

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.