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.
In addition, a reception track will also be built to connect Sungei Kadut with Gali Batu Train Depot.
Network benefits
DTL2e is expected to improve rail network resilience in the northwestern region by providing commuters with alternative travel and transfer options for their journeys. In addition to the North-South Line and Thomson-East Coast Line, the DTL2e will provide another MRT route for northwestern region residents to reach their destinations in the city centre.
Possible NSL-Gali Batu Viaduct
The Environmental Impact Study (EIS) report for the DTL2e was released to the public on 6 January 2025. The report outlines a ‘potential future infrastructure’ connecting the elevated NSL to the Gali Batu Train Depot.
According to the EIS report, the reception track would only be in operation during the maintenance engineering hours of around 12 am to 4 am. A decision has yet to be made on whether to proceed with this NSL-Gali Batu reception track, and more details will be shared in the future should construction of this reception track proceed.
Construction on the two stations is expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2025, and the extension is expected to open in 2035.
Remembering the entire DTL will confuse the elderly even more than keeping it. Imagine them remembering: I’m supposed to alight at DT1 (Bukit Panjang). Then suddenly one day, elderly takes DTL all the way to “DT1” only to find out that they’ve gone to Sungei Kadut, and they’re supposed to go to DT3.
Elderly don’t stay in industrial
Stagmont for DE1.
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?
Because they are lazy
Or maybe use DT 1A and DT 1B or even DT 0 and DT -1
Remembering will confuse the elderly even more. Imagine them remembering: I’m supposed to alight at DT1 (Bukit Panjang). Then suddenly one day, elderly takes DTL all the way to “DT1” only to find out that they’ve gone to Sungei Kadut, and they’re supposed to go to DT3.
Elderly don’t stay in industrial.
Train used for 35 years no renewed…
Is a waste of Singaporeans $$$ for all these New Station … Transport Minister doing NOTHING, should step down.
Because there might be guide books, existing directories or elderly that uses DTL1 as part of directions. If DTL1 is changed to another station, it will causes confusion to them.
Probably because of administrative costs of changing the station codes, which includes updating system maps and station signs so they don’t bother to change the codes for older stations. I also personally don’t like like the inconsistency of the station codes for DTL2e, NSL (Brickland) and TEL (Founders’ Memorial) either.
Renumbering the whole line means they have to change all the signages and maps, not just for those on DTL, but on every MRT station. Digital systems like the LCD displays on trains have to be updated, and if the station is an interchange station, the other line’s train display systems have to be updated as well.
For context, when Transport for London seperated the London Overground into 6 train lines (no codes involved), the cost was £6.3million (S$10.7m), money which can be used to improve other parts of the system. For the sake of two stations, especially when most people know stations by name and not by code, it is not a very efficient way of using resources.
$$$. If LTA were to renumber all 39 downtown line stations, they would probably have to update the signage at all Downtown line stations (which is all station exits and maps and platform signage) and the DRMDs in all train cars across various lines that interchange with the Downtown Line and considering that this is an easier alternative compared to the former, why should they renumber the stations. I mean look at the North East Line where NE2 is missing or on the Thomson East Coast Line where Founders Memorial Station is planned to be added as TE22A or even on the North South Line where Brickland Station is planned to be added as NS3A. They could have chosen the keep renumbering the stations every time one was added but yet they chose not to so why would they renumber an entire line when its easier to just add the additional stations as DE1 and DE2. Also how would people think its 2 separate lines if its still part of the Downtown Line (Blue Line) and trains just terminate at Sungei Kadut instead of at Bukit Panjang. You wouldn’t even need to transfer out of the train as the route map displays that are inside the trains would show that trains would through run Bukit Panjang to Sungei Bedok. Furthermore there would not even be an additional platform added at Bukit Panjang so where would people even transfer to the “new line” to. Also who tf looks at the station codes. Most of the time you would refer to the actual station names to get to where you are going to. Highly doubt an elderly person is going to say how do you go from DE1 to DE4.
No you are wrong and it’s not because they are lazy. DT1 Bukit Panjang Stn is the first terminal Stn on the downtown line. Put yourself in LTA shoes. it will be such a huge waste of taxpayers money to change the stn the station code on the locality map poster, the bus service description on the busstop panel, platform screen doors and MRT system map just 3 stn extension.
FYI there are plans to extend 2 more stn beyond DT35 Expo which are DT36 Xilin and DT37 Sungei Bedok. This 2 stn are numbered accordingly is because DT35 is last stn on the Downtown Line and merely is just an extension after the last stn which dosen’t affect.
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.
Use Pang Sai better
I think they should have 3 new stations instead, the 3rd one being beside Gali Batu Bus Ter for future development in that area too. Also, the names can be Sungei Kadut, Pang Sua Village and Gali Batu.
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
yeah, agree. DE1 and DE2 be like CG1 or CE1, feels like a branch line not the main line.