Hume MRT Station

DT4 Hume
Address	371 Upper Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 589681
Line Served	Downtown Line
Operator	SBS Transit
Structure	Underground
Platform	Island
Opening	Q2 2025

Hume MRT Station (DT4) is an upcoming underground station along the Downtown Line (DTL) Stage 2 between Hillview and Beauty World stations, currently under construction. It is built underneath Upper Bukit Timah Road, near the junction of Hume Avenue. The station is located in the vicinity of Memories at Old Ford Factory, and residential areas comprising private homes and condominiums.

Initially built as a shell station, fitting-out works eventually commenced in 2021. The station is now projected to open in 2nd Quarter 2025.

First / Last Train Timings

Platforms

Downtown Line:

Downtown Line towards DT1–BP6 Bukit Panjang via DT3 Hillview (→) [Station Under Construction – All trains currently bypass this station] Downtown Line towards DT35CG1 Expo via DT5 Beauty World (←)

Hume station has two platforms in an island platform arrangement, originally built as part of a shell station and outfitted for revenue service by Q2 2025.

Construction Trivia

Hume MRT Station was initially constructed as a shell station as part of Contract 915, titled Design & Construction of Tunnels Between Stations at Beauty World and Hillview for Downtown Line Stage 2, which was awarded to Korean builder SKEC (Singapore Branch) on 1 June 2009. This would comprise 2.3 km of twin-bored tunnels, and a 30-metre by 164-metre cut and cover structure that would later become Hume station.

As a shell station, only structural works were completed, in the form of a station box. Full interior outfitting works and additional alteration work, planned for a later date, would be required to bring the station up to operational status.

Although construction was completed in time for the opening of the Downtown Line Stage 2 in December 2015, additional surface construction work would persist around the Hume area until mid-2017. In an April 2017 article in The Straits Times, the article quotes anonymous industry sources, who said that that the original contractor SKEC was ‘asked by the Land Transport Authority sometime in 2014 to build the station’. SKEC did not contribute statements in response to the article, and the LTA denied that it was building Hume station, merely stating that it was building a station box, and existing developments in the area were not sufficient to justify the opening of the station. 

Although the full scope of the addition and alterations is not known; the Downtown Line Construction Blog speculated during the construction phase that the additional alteration work was for the construction of integrated ventilation shafts and station exits. However, these surface structures were never built, and the site was fully backfilled in mid-2017.

Despite the presence of nearby residential developments and the repeated pleas of local Member of Parliament Low Yen Ling to have Hume station opened, the Government has insisted that developments there did not warrant a station, and that residents could take a bus to the next nearest station. However, in tandem with the redevelopment of the Rail corridor and the former Bukit Timah Fire Station as recreational nodes, it was announced during the Committee of Supply Debate 2019 that ridership would then be sufficient to justify opening Hume Station. An opening date of 2025 was indicated by the Government.

Also in 2019, Contract 915A for the full outfitting of Hume station was published. Titled Additions and Alterations including Construction of Entrance, Ventilation Shaft and Fitting-out Works for Hume Station, it was then expected that this contract would involve the necessary work to bring Hume station to full operational status by 2025.

In January 2021, Contract 915A was awarded to JSM Construction Group Pte Ltd. at a contract value of $34,338,000. Construction work began following a groundbreaking ceremony held on 28 February 2021, and the station was expected to open by 2025.

On 3 December 2024, Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat mentioned that Hume station would open in Q2 2025.

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External Links & References

• BUSINESS > Business Performance (skec.com) [Accessed 14 Jan 2021]
• New Downtown Line station takes shape – Straits Times [Accessed 1 Jul 2020]
• Hume MRT station expected to be open by 2025 – Straits Times [Accessed 1 Jul 2020]
• Work on Hume station set to start in Q4 – Straits Times [Accessed 1 Jul 2020]
• LTA Awards Civil Contract for Hume Station on Downtown Line – Land Transport Authority [Accessed 14 Jan 2021]
• Hume MRT station to open in Q2 2025; Circle Line Stage 6 to be ready in first half of 2026 – The Straits Times [Accessed 6 Dec 2024]