Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/City Hall MRT station

City Hall MRT station

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 12, 2023 by Wehwalt (talk) 13:11, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Exit B of City Hall station (top) and Exit A of Raffles Place station (bottom)

The City Hall and Raffles Place MRT stations are paired cross-platform interchanges on the North–South line (NSL) and East–West line (EWL) of the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system. While both are situated in the Downtown Core district, City Hall station is near landmarks such as the former City Hall, the Padang and St Andrew's Cathedral, while Raffles Place station serves Merlion Park, The Fullerton Hotel and the Asian Civilisations Museum. First announced in 1982, constructing the tunnels between the City Hall and Raffles Place stations required the draining of the Singapore River. The stations opened on 12 December 1987 as part of the MRT extension to Outram Park station. Cross-platform transfers between the NSL and EWL began on 28 October 1989, ahead of the split of the MRT network into two lines. Both are designated Civil Defence shelters. City Hall station features a mural by Simon Wong which depicts government buildings in the area, while two murals at Raffles Place station by Lim Sew Yong and Thang Kiang How depict scenes of Singapore's history. (See City Hall MRT station and Raffles Place MRT station.)

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Main editors: ZKang123
Promoted: 2023
Reasons for nomination: Opening date of the stations. (~~Notes: The image will be updated to include a new satisfactory photo of Raffles Place station entrance~~ Updated with double image.)
Support as nominator. ZKang123 (talk) 07:05, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinator comment We'd be grateful if community members would express a preference between the two nominations for December 12.--Wehwalt (talk) 09:25, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think, since this nomination was first (?), and the double article is intriguing, that I would prefer this to be the 12 December TFA, though I have no strong opinion. Also, opening dates are more significant than closing dates imo. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 17:01, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I support this one per what Eddie said on the opening date and double article. S5A-0043^Talk 08:06, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]