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Downtown Line 2 to open in December 2015

Posted on 3 Jul 2015 | Comments Off on Downtown Line 2 to open in December 2015

Residents in Bukit Panjang and the surrounding areas will have more travel options to other parts of Singapore when the Downtown Line 2 (DTL2) opens this December, ahead of the original Q1 2016 timeframe, revealed Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew in a Facebook post on Sunday.

Construction work on Stage 2 of the project commenced in July 2009, but was expected to be delayed after Alpine Bau, the main contractor for three stations, went bust in 2013.

The 16.6km long DTL2 comprises one depot and 12 stations, including four interchange stations at Little India, Newton, Botanic Gardens and Bukit Panjang.

Schools in the Bukit Timah area, as well as businesses at malls like Coronation Plaza, Railway Mall and Bukit Panjang Plaza are expected to benefit from the new MRT line, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) in a Facebook update.

Eateries along Sixth Avenue and Beauty World Centre will also become more accessible, LTA added.

Meanwhile, Stage 3 of the DTL is on track to open in 2017. Once completed, the entire line will connect the north-western and central-eastern regions to the new downtown.

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Downtown Line 2 to open in Q1 2016

Posted on 2 Oct 2014 | Comments Off on Downtown Line 2 to open in Q1 2016

During a site visit to the upcoming Bukit Panjang MRT station on the Downtown Line, Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew said the government is confident of opening the Downtown Line 2 (DTL2) earlier by the first quarter of 2016.

Tunnelling of DTL2 has been completed in June this year, two months ahead of the revised schedule, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement.

According to media reports, DTL2 experienced some issues when one of its main contractors went into insolvency and halted work on the Sixth Avenue, King Albert Park and Tan Kah Kee stations.

However, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and its contractors managed to recover some of the time lost by adding manpower, re-organising the workflow and innovative work processes.

“LTA and all the contractors will continue to work hard to recover more of the time and bring forward the opening to even earlier than first quarter of 2016 … many of them have been working round the clock, seven days a week. But all these acceleration must be done without compromising safety standards,” Lui said in media reports.

DTL2 is 16.6 km long and will comprise 12 stops connecting Bukit Panjang to Bugis.

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