Downtown MRT line

DTL  Downtown MRT line
Downtown MRT station, one of the 34 stations on the line.
Overview
Native name	Laluan MRT Pusat Bandar 滨海市区地铁线 டவுன்டவுன் எம்ஆர்டி வழி
Status	Operational (Stages 1, 2 & 3) Under construction (DTL3e)
Owner	Land Transport Authority
Termini	Bukit Panjang Expo Sungei Bedok (2024)
Stations	34 (Operational) (excluding reserved station for DT4)[1] 2 (Under construction)
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
Services	1
Operator(s)	SBS Transit DTL[2]
Depot(s)	Gali Batu Tai Seng East Coast (Future)
Rolling stock	C951/C951A
Daily ridership	245,000 (Q1 2017)
History
Opened	22 December 2013; 11 years ago (2013-12-22) (Stage 1) 27 December 2015; 9 years ago (2015-12-27) (Stage 2) 21 October 2017; 7 years ago (2017-10-21) (Stage 3) 2024; 1 year ago (2024) (Stage 3e)
Technical
Line length	41.9 km (26.0 mi) (Operational)[1] 2.2 km (1.4 mi) (Under construction)
Character	Fully Underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC Third rail
Operating speed	limit of 80 km/h
Route map

The Downtown Line (DTL), is the fifth Mass Rapid Transport line in Singapore, the third to be completely underground, and with 3-car trains, the second medium capacity line. Currently open from Bukit Panjang to Expo. The line opened up in phases, such as Stage 1 in December 2013, Stage 2 in December 2015 and Stage 3 in October 2017. The line is colored blue on the MRT Rail map.

The downtown line starts in Bukit Panjang, where it then passes through the Creative cluster and school belt of Bukit Timah. Along the way, it passes through many food enclaves, such as at Newton. It then passes through the downtown core and financial district before heading east, towards Bedok, Tampines and the Singapore Expo.

Stage 1 of the Downtown Line was originally planned as the Downtown Extension of the Circle Line since 2005. It was planned to have 6 stations from Bugis and end at Chinatown. It opened on 22 December 2013. The section would have ran parallel to the Circle Line from Bayfront to Promenade.

Stage 2 was originally planned as the Bukit Timah Line, and was to terminate at Nicoll Highway, but plans were changed after the Nicoll highway collapse, which deemed the original station unfit for use. It was merged with the Downtown Line in 2005. It opened on 27 December 2015.

Stage 3 was originally planned as the Eastern Region Line, and was meant to relieve congestion on the East West Line. The northern part of the line from Expo to Chinatown was replaced by Downtown Line Stage 3 and opened on 21 October 2017.

Hume Station (DT4) is an infill station between Hillview (DT3) and Beauty World (DT5) that will open by 2025.^[3]

Stage 3e is a two station extension that would link the Downtown Line and the Thomson Line at Sungei Bedok. It would be completed around 2026.^[4]

Below are the announced station names for all four stages of the Downtown Line.

• The official MRT map Archived 2012-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, released by the Land Transport Authority showing the Downtown Line

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