Hume MRT station is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station located along the junction of Hume Avenue and Upper Bukit Timah Road in the Hillview planning sub-zone of Bukit Batok, Singapore. It is an infill station and will be located near a number of Bukit Timah heritage sites: Bukit Timah Hill, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Former Bukit Timah Fire Station, Fuyong Estate, and Former Ford Factory.[1][2] The station will have two platforms and will be between Beauty World and Hillview stations on the Downtown line.
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Hume 谦道 ஹியூம் | |||||||||||
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| Future Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | |||||||||||
_Hume_MRT_Station_Construction_2024-04-07.jpg) Construction site of the station in April 2024 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 371 Upper Bukit Timah Road Singapore 589681 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°21′17″N 103°46′09″E / 1.35465°N 103.76904°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Land Transport Authority | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opening | 2025 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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The new station is planned to open by 2025,[3] but MP Low Yen Ling has mentioned that construction work could start in the fourth quarter of 2020, with a veteran MRT contractor claiming that retrofitting of the station for operational service could take between "one and one-and-a-half years".[4][5] Construction of the station began on 28 February 2021.
History
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Hume station was initially built as a 'shell station' together with the second phase of the Downtown line, which opened in 2015. As the projected ridership for the station was deemed insufficient, the station was not opened at that time.[6][7][8]
On 7 March 2019, the station was announced during a parliamentary debate, and is planned to be open by 2025. The redevelopment of the Rail Corridor, along with the future transformation of the former Bukit Timah Fire Station into a recreational node, were stated as reasons that would increase potential ridership and justify the opening of the station.[6]
The contract for the design and construction of Hume MRT Station and associated tunnels was awarded to JSM Construction Group Pte Ltd at a sum of S$34.338 million (US$25.17 million) on 14 January 2021. The contract includes the construction of a station entrance, ventilation shaft and fitting-out works for the new station. The station was targeted to be completed in 2025.[9][10][11][12] Construction works started on 28 February 2021 with MP Low Yen Ling and Health Minister Gan Kim Yong in attendance. Most of the works will be conducted at night as the station is constructed on the operational DTL.[13][14][15]
References
edit- ^ Abdullah, Zhaki (7 March 2019). "Hume MRT station to open by 2025, says Janil Puthucheary". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ Tan, Christopher (19 April 2017). "New Downtown Line station takes shape". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Hume MRT station to be built by 2025, but no line planned to serve Tuas South, Jurong Island". 8 March 2019. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Work on Hume MRT station on Downtown Line to start in the fourth quarter". The Straits Times. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ Tan, Christopher (1 July 2020). "Work on Hume station could start in Q4 this year". The New Paper. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ a b Abdullah, Zhaki (7 March 2019). "Hume MRT station to open by 2025, says Janil Puthucheary". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Hume MRT Station to open by 2025, no stations for Tuas South and Jurong Island". TODAYonline. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Chen, Seh Choong (16 May 2018). "Open Hume station soon". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Zhu, Michelle (14 January 2021). "LTA awards S$34.3m civil contract for Hume station on Downtown Line". The Business Times. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "News Room – News Releases – LTA Awards Civil Contract for Hume Station on Downtown Line". LTA. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "LTA awards civil works contract for Downtown Line's new Hume MRT station". CNA. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ Yong, Clement (14 January 2021). "Hume MRT shell station to be fitted out by JSM Construction Group at $34m". The Straits Times. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Construction works start on long-empty Hume MRT Station". The Straits Times. 28 February 2021.
- ^ "The construction of Hume MRT Station has officially begun". Construction Plus Asia. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Construction work begins on long-awaited Hume MRT station". The New Paper. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.