Sixth Avenue MRT Station

Sixth Avenue MRT Station (DT7) is an underground station along the Downtown Line (DTL) Stage 2, located at the boundaries of the Coronation Road, Swiss Club and Hillcrest planning subzones. It is built underneath Bukit Timah Road, at the junction of Eng Neo Road / Fourth Avenue, and serves part of the Bukit Timah corridor.

The station is located in the vicinity of upscale low-rise private homes, gated communities and condominiums, as well as commercial buildings, Nanyang Girls’ High School and the old Turf City. It bears the name Sixth Avenue after a nearby road connecting Bukit Timah to Holland Road.

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First / Last Train Timings

Downtown Line – (DT7) Sixth Avenue
Destination	First Train		Last Train
	Weekdays & Sat	Sun & Public Holidays	Daily
DT1 Bukit Panjang	6:04am	6:24am	12:36am
DT35 Expo	5:42am	6:02am	11:46pm

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Station Layout

L2	Overhead Bridge	Across Dunearn Road & Bukit Timah Road
L1	Street level	Bus stops, Taxi stand, Pick-up/drop-off point
B2	Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing machines, Passenger Service Centre
B3	Platform A	Downtown Line towards DT1–BP6 Bukit Panjang
	Platform B	Downtown Line towards DT35CG1 Expo

Downtown Line (B3):

Platform A: Downtown Line towards DT1–BP6 Bukit Panjang via DT6 King Albert Park (→) Platform B: Downtown Line towards DT35CG1 Expo via DT8 Tan Kah Kee (←)

Sixth Avenue station has two platforms in an island platform arrangement, with both platforms utilized for trains travelling in either direction. Full-height Platform screen doors isolate the air-conditioned station from the tunnel environment, enhancing commuter safety and station comfort. With the concourse level wrapping around the platform, the ceiling is two floors high at platform level, conveying a spacious feel. A set of escalators, stairs and lifts connect to the concourse above.

Passenger Information Systems, which are plasma display screens located at each platform, display expected train arrival times and key messages. Tactile flooring helps to guide the visually-handicapped from the platform to the exits of the station.

Concourse

The concourse features faregates for automatic fare collection and provides access between paid and unpaid areas of the station, with at least one bidirectional wide-swinging gate for the benefit of passengers-in-wheelchairs and those carrying bulky items or travelling with prams.

General Ticketing Machines allow commuters to purchase tickets for single or multiple journeys, and along with Top-up Machines, offer contactless card transactions. A station office is staffed during operating hours, where commuters may make travel inquiries.

Lifts and escalators connect the concourse to street level and the overhead bridge. A public toilet is located in the unpaid area of the concourse, near the Passenger Service Centre.

Sixth Avenue is also the only station in the Downtown Line to not feature artworks for LTA’s Art in Transit programme.

Civil Defence shelter

Sixth Avenue station is one of six stations along the Downtown Line 2 designated as Civil Defence (CD) shelters, which will be activated in times of national emergency. Apart from reinforced construction, the stations are designed and equipped with facilities to ensure the shelter environment is tolerable for all shelterees during shelter occupation. These facilities include protective blast doors, decontamination facilities, ventilation systems, power and water supply systems and a dry toilet system.

Station Amenities

• Public Toilets at concourse
• Retail Shop at concourse
• ATM
• Bicycle Racks at station exit

Exits

Sixth Avenue MRT station has a two exits at ground level (A and B), each at either side of Dunearn / Bukit Timah Road. While Exit A is the surface level entrance to the underground station, Exit B is connected to it via an overhead bridge. Both ends of the overhead bridge are equipped with escalators, and lifts provide barrier-free accessibility for the disabled.

Exit	Location	Nearby
A	Bukit Timah Road	Fifth Avenue Condo, Guthrie House, Royalville, Second Avenue Junction, Sixth Avenue Centre, Sixth Avenue Ville, Soo’s Nursing Home
B	Dunearn Road	Eton House Pre-School, Jalan Naga Sari, Nanyang Girls’ High School, The Grandstand (Old Turf City), Vanda Estate

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Transport Connections

Sixth Avenue station connects to two bus stops in the vicinity, as well as taxi stands and passenger pick-up points.

Bus

There are two official bus stops linked to Sixth Avenue station.

No.	Bus stop	Exit	Bus Routes
B/s 1	41081 – Bt Timah Rd (Sixth Ave Stn)	A	67, 74, 151, 154, 156, 157, 170, 174, 852, 961, 961M
B/s 2	42019 – Dunearn Rd (Opp Sixth Ave Stn)	B	67, 74, 151, 154, 156, 157, 170, 174, 852, 961, 961M

Road

Taxi stands and pick-up/drop-off points are located next to the following station exits:

Exit	Road	Provisions
A	Bukit Timah Road	Taxi stand (F68), Pick-up/drop-off point
B	Dunearn Road	Pick-up/drop-off point

Rail Bridging Services

In the event of a MRT service disruption affecting Sixth Avenue station, rail bridging services (also called MRT breakdown shuttle buses) may be activated to ply affected stretches of the Downtown Line. In which case, the buses can be boarded from the following bus stops:

Towards	Bus stop	Exit
Downtown Line
DT1–BP6 Bukit Panjang	B/s 1: 41081 – Bt Timah Rd (Sixth Ave Stn)	A
DT35CG1 Expo	B/s 2: 42019 – Dunearn Rd (Opp Sixth Ave Stn)	B

In addition, passengers can board free regular bus services at Bus Stops 1 & 2 when activated.

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Passenger Usage Patterns

As a station along the Bukit Timah belt serving both low-density residential homes and few commercial developments, Sixth Avenue station encounters low to moderate demand levels from residents.

Construction Trivia

Downtown Line Stage 2 (DTL2) Contract 917 for the Design and Construction of Sixth Avenue and King Albert Park stations and tunnels was awarded to Alpine Bau GmbH (Singapore Branch), an engineering contractor from Austria, for approximately S$320.7 million in Sep 2009. However, the company filed for insolvency on 19 June 2013, halting progress on Contracts 917 and 918, both of which were awarded to Alpine Bau.

In Aug 2013, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) appointed McConnell Dowell South East Asia Pte Ltd to complete construction works for Sixth Avenue and King Albert Park stations and associated tunnels. Referred to as “Contract 917A“, it was awarded for approximately S$254 million. Originally expected to be delayed till mid-2016, expedited construction work brought the opening of the Downtown Line 2 back on schedule to December 2015.

In May 2015, the LTA filed some S$500 million in claims against bankrupt contractor Alpine Bau for the incompletion of the two MRT projects, but was unlikely to recoup anywhere near the full amount.

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