Tan Kah Kee MRT Station

DT8  Tan Kah Kee MRT Station 陈嘉庚地铁站 தான் கா கீ Stesen MRT Tan Kah Kee Rapid transit
Station statistics
Address	Bukit Timah Road Singapore
Coordinates	1°19′34″N 103°48′26″E / 1.326039°N 103.807169°E / 1.326039; 103.807169
Lines	Downtown Line (under construction)
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	Island
Tracks	2
Other information
Closed	Opening 2015
Accessible
Code	DT8
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Sixth Avenue towards Bukit Panjang Downtown Line (under construction) Stage 1 & 2 Botanic Gardens towards Expo
Location

Tan Kah Kee MRT station (DT8) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Downtown Line Stage 2 in Singapore, formerly known as the Bukit Timah Line.The station will serve the Bukit Timah corridor just north of the junction between Bukit Timah Road and Duchess Avenue, and is within walking distance to several schools in the area, including Hwa Chong Institution, Nanyang Girls' High School, Raffles Girls' Primary School and National Junior College.^[1]

Naming controversy

As part of the Downtown Line Stage 2 LTA survey in July 2008, suggestions for the name of the station was open to public. Students from nearby Hwa Chong Institution suggested for the station to be named Hwa Chong as the station was to be built in Hwa Chong compounds. A Facebook group has been set up to promote their cause.^[2] Despite this, LTA did not include Hwa Chong as one of the options for the public to select, reasoning that stations should not be named after landmarks or buildings. Instead, Watten (after nearby Watten Estate) and Kah Kee (after the founder of Hwa Chong Institution, Tan Kah Kee) were proposed by the LTA alongside the working name Duchess in October 2008.

It was believed the students and staff of Hwa Chong Institution wanted the option Kah Kee to be chosen and Facebook groups were used to promote their cause ^[3]

On June 16, 2009, LTA announced the station's name was to be Tan Kah Kee, marking the first time that a person's full name was used for the name of an MRT station and also marking the first time that a MRT station name that did not relate to where the station was located is used.

Train service

Destination	First Train				Last Train
	Mon - Sat		Sunday & Public Holiday		Daily
Downtown Line
to DT1 Bukit Panjang	-		-		-
to DT19 Chinatown	-		-		-

Current Station Layout

L1	Street Level
B1	Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Transitlink Counter
B2	Platform A
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform B

Bus services nearby

The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Bukit Timah Road:

Bus Stop Code: 41061 (Chinese High School)
Service	Destination	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
66	Jurong East Bus Interchange
74	Buona Vista Bus Terminal
151	Kent Ridge Bus Terminal
154	Boon Lay Bus Interchange
156	Clementi Bus Interchange
157	Boon Lay Bus Interchange
170	Larkin Bus & Taxi Terminal (JB)
174	Boon Lay Bus Interchange
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
67	Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange
171	Yishun Bus Interchange
852	Bukit Batok Bus Interchange
961	Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange
961*	Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange

The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Dunearn Road:

Bus Stop Code: 41069 (Opposite Chinese High School)
Service	Destination	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
66	Bedok Bus Interchange
74	Hougang Central Bus Interchange
151	Hougang Central Bus Interchange
154	Eunos Bus Interchange
156	Sengkang Bus Interchange
157	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
170	Queen Street Bus Terminal
174	New Bridge Road Bus Terminal
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
67	Tampines Bus Interchange
171	Marina Centre Bus Terminal
852	Yishun Bus Interchange
961	Geylang Lorong 1 Bus Terminal
961*	Geylang Lorong 1 Bus Terminal

See also

• Hwa Chong Institution

References

1. ^ "Alignment of DTL and DTL 2 and maps of DTL 2 stations". Land Transport Authority. http://www.lta.gov.sg/images/20080715-DTL2.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
2. ^ "Next stop on Downtown Line: Hwa Chong station?". The Straits Times. http://www.asiaone.com/Motoring/Motorworld/Story/A1Story20080903-85651.html. Retrieved 2008-08-31. 
3. ^ "Hwa Chong founder gets station". The Straits Times. http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_392000.html. Retrieved 2009-06-18.