Hillview MRT station

Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore

DT3
Hillview
山景
ஹில்வியூ

Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station

Exit B of Hillview Station

General informationLocation510 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 678211Coordinates

Preceding station	Mass Rapid Transit			Following station
Cashew towards Bukit Panjang		Downtown Line		Beauty World towards Expo
Cashew towards Bukit Panjang		Downtown Line Future service		Hume towards Expo

Location
Hillview Hillview station in Singapore

Hillview MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown Line, situated on the boundaries of Hillview and Nature Reserve planning subzones of Bukit Batok and Bukit Panjang respectively, Singapore.

The station serves the Upper Bukit Timah corridor, at the junction between Upper Bukit Timah Road, Dairy Farm Road and Hillview Road. It is in close proximity to the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. The vicinity is largely residential, with commercial buildings such as The Rail Mall and HillV2 within walking distance,^[1] it also serves nearby religious institutions.^[2]^{[better source needed]}

History

The station was first announced in July 2008 when the DTL2 stations were announced.^[3] Contract 913 for this station, Cashew and associated tunnels was awarded to GS Engineering & Construction Corp at S$431 million (U$297 million).^[4] The station was opened on 27 December 2015 as part of the Downtown Line Stage 2, with free travel on the Downtown line until 1 January 2016.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Details

The section of tracks between Hillview station and Beauty World MRT station is the longest between any two MRT stations on the Downtown Line till 2025. There are basic structural provisions for a future station (also known as a "box station") along this section of tracks near Hume Avenue.^[8] Hume MRT station was confirmed on 7 March 2019 and is to be operational by 2025.

Artwork

"What Remains" by Darren Soh is an artwork that documents the remnants of the KTM railway line.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Alignment of DTL and DTL 2 and maps of DTL 2 stations" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
^ "Hillview MRT Station | Land Transport Guru". 31 January 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ "Downtown Line 2 Station Sites Named". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
^ "Shoddy workmanship at Hillview MRT station opened 6 months ago - Singapore News". The Independent Singapore News. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
^ "The Rail Report: 12 stations of Downtown Line 2 to Open on 27 December". Land Transport Authority. 6 August 2015. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
^ "Downtown Line 2 to open ahead of schedule in December: Transport Minister Lui". Channel NewsAsia. 28 June 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
^ "LTA | Downtown Line 2 is Coming to Town….this December". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
^ "Speech by Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Transport, on A Sustainable and High Quality Public Transport-Centric Transportation System, at the Committee Of Supply Debate 2015 on 11 March 2015". Ministry of Transport, Singapore. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.