The Downtown Line will be extended 4km from its current northern terminal at Bukit Panjang to serve 2 new stations.
The extension of the DTL from Bukit Panjang to Sungei Kadut was first announced in the Land Transport Master Plan 2040 back in 2019, forming the Downtown Line Stage 2 Extension (DTL2e). The Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced the alignment of the two new stations on 6 January 2025.
New Stations
DE1 will be located along the Rail Corridor near Sungei Kadut Avenue, and directly across the canal from Yew Tee Village. It will improve connectivity to Yew Tee Estate, Pang Sua Park Connector, and future JTC developments within the Sungei Kadut Industrial Estate.
NS6DE2 Sungei Kadut will be located along Sungei Kadut Central and Sungei Kadut Street 2, forming a new interchange station with the North-South Line. This station will serve existing and upcoming industrial developments in the Sungei Kadut area, including the new future Sungei Kadut Eco-District.
Network benefits
DTL2e is expected to improve rail network resilience in the north-western region, by providing commuters with alternative travel and transfer options for their journeys. The DTL2e will provide another MRT route for north-western region residents to reach their destinations in the city centre, in addition to the North-South Line and Thomson-East Coast Line.
Construction on the two stations is expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2025, and the extension is expected to open in 2035.
I don’t understand why can’t they just renumber the whole MRT line instead of lazily adding on new codes. It’s so tacky and definitely confusing especially for elderly residents in YT who will think that it’s 2 separate lines instead of 1. What were they thinking?
DE1 station location suggests that there will be redevelopment of that area soon. Confirm will have linkages to Yew Tee Village. But I don’t think they will use the name “Pang Sua” (放生), because it will relate to Pang Liu and Pang Sai. Not nice. High chance either Yew Tee Village or Choa Chu Kang North. If not, Gali Batu also nice.
Using ‘DE’ and connecting it to main line feels wrong better redo the station codes for all the downtown line stations to lessen confusion and for better presentation. For example sungei kadut will be dt1, sungei kadut east dt2 etc