Beauty World MRT Station
| DT5 Beauty World MRT Station 美世界地铁站 பியூட்டி வேர்ல்ட் Stesen MRT Beauty World Rapid transit |
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| Address | Upper Bukit Timah Road Singapore |
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| Coordinates | 1°20′28″N 103°46′33″E / 1.341133°N 103.775797°E | ||||||||||
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| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||
| Levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Closed | Opening 2015 | ||||||||||
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| Code | DT5 | ||||||||||
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Beauty World MRT station (DT5) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Downtown Line Stage 2 in Singapore, formerly known as the Bukit Timah Line. The station will serve the Bukit Timah and Upper Bukit Timah corridor, serving the commercial areas in the vicinity. Major buildings in the area include Bukit Timah Shopping Centre, Beauty World Centre, Beauty World Plaza and is near to Toh Yi Estate and Ngee Ann Polytechnic.[1]
The Land Transport Authority has awarded the contract for the construction of Beauty World station and associated tunnels (Contract 916) to Mcconnell Dowell S.E.A. Pte Ltd on 25 March 2009, valued at S$339,879,555.00.[2] Site preparation works has begun.
Tunnelling works began on Jun 8 2011. Two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) - which were named Athena and Artemis, after the Greek Goddesses, by students of the nearby Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School - will tunnel the 1km stretch from Beauty World station to King Albert Park station.[3] The section of track between Hillview and Beauty World is the longest on the Downtown Line.
Part of the construction process was shown on an episode of Behind Every Job 2 on MediaCorp Channel 8.
[edit] Etymology
The original name for "Beauty World" referred to an amusement park in the area. At that time, amusement parks were called "worlds", the others included Gay World, Great World, which Great World City now occupies and New World. The amusement park was subsequently converted to a market after the end of World War II, and called Beauty World Market. However, fire hazards led to the subsequent demolishing of the park in the 1980s.
[edit] Station Layout
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| B1 | Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Transitlink Counter |
| B2 | Platform A | |
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[edit] References
- ^ "Alignment of DTL and DTL 2 and maps of DTL 2 stations". Land Transport Authority. http://www.lta.gov.sg/images/20080715-DTL2.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ "Contract 916 Tender Information". Land Transport Authority. http://www.lta.gov.sg/tender_info/award/tenders_award_mar09_916.htm.
- ^ "Downtown Line 2 Tunnelling Works Begin at Beauty World Station". Land Transport Authority. http://app.lta.gov.sg/corp_press_content.asp?start=5wxowjliorruci8qkerp5qu9917628jw477i8ltl1h1w97vp33.
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