- Tan Kah Kee MRT Station
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DT8
Tan Kah Kee MRT Station
陈嘉庚地铁站
தான் கா கீ
Stesen MRT Tan Kah Kee
Rapid transitStation statistics Address Bukit Timah Road
SingaporeCoordinates 1°19′34″N 103°48′26″E / 1.326039°N 103.807169°E Lines 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 towards Bukit PanjangDowntown Line
(under construction)Stage 1 & 2towards ExpoLocation 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]
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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 HolidayDaily 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
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Hwa Chong founder gets station". The Straits Times. http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_392000.html. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
Categories:- Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) stations
- Bukit Timah
- Proposed railway stations in Singapore
- Singapore MRT stubs
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