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.
979 may be withdrawn
DE1 MRT Station could be linked with the future Jurong Region Line in the future so that commuters can change from Jurong Region Line to Downtown Line seamlessly without going to Jurong East MRT and this will help to relieve crowds on the North South Line and East West Line as well as the Jurong East MRT.
why not add one more station as well? so total become 3 stations? DT1 and DE1 seems very distant after I checked the map. add another station in between DT1 and DE1.
So they essentially also announced North South Line infill station at the same time. Really is 3 new stations.
its easier to give those two stations new names rather than renaming not just the line but everything (signage, mrt map, etc.)
reminder that the dtl has 37 stations before this opens.
in addition, renaming the entire line numbers is going to bring in MORE confusion because people who usually go to DT1 suddenly realise that its now DT3, and vice versa for people along the ENTIRE line.
i do believe that naming it DT1a and DT1b is better, since that is already how we do it. and this is the first time we encounter such situation. in fact in guangzhou the station numbering literally reaches 7|01-7, and no one is complaining.