An arrangement of a word line driver stage for semiconductor memory device is disclosed. The present invention is characterized in that a word line driver stages are into several sub-stages WD11-WD51 within a memory cell array, and each word line extending from a first one or a second one of the sub-stages is alternatively coupled to the sub-stage adjacent thereto. Thus this arrangement is capable of reducing the signal transmission delay and eliminating the adverse factor in the current critical design rule and layout.