Sixth Avenue MRT station

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Sixth Avenue
第六道
சிக்ஸ்த் அவென்யூ
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
DT7 Sixth Avenue Platform Basement.jpg
Platform level of Sixth Avenue MRT station
General information
Location777 Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 269784
Coordinates 01°19′51″N103°47′51″E / 1.33083°N 103.79750°E / 1.33083; 103.79750
Operated by SBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Line(s)
  Downtown Line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus, Taxi
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
History
Opened27 December 2015;8 years ago (2015-12-27)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesEng Neo, Bukit Timah [1]
Passengers
June 20243,658 per day [2]
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station
King Albert Park
towards Bukit Panjang
Downtown Line Tan Kah Kee
towards Expo
Location
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Sixth Avenue
Sixth Avenue station in Singapore

Sixth Avenue MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown line in Bukit Timah, Singapore.

Contents

History

Contract 917 was awarded for the Design and Construction of Sixth Avenue and King Albert Park stations and tunnels at S$320.7 million. The main contractor for the station Alpine Bau went bankrupt in mid-2013. [3] Subsequently, completion of the station was handed over to McConnell Dowell under Contract 917A. On 28 June 2015, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew announced that the delay was "completely resolved" by the authorities and Stage 2's opening date was reverted to 27 December that year. [4]

Station details

Sixth Avenue's name was retained from its working name in July 2008, [5] and was selected through a public poll in July 2009, which also included the names "Eng Neo" and "Bukit Timah". [6]

The station is the only Downtown line station not to feature public art as part of the Art in Transit Programme. [7]

Location

Exit A of Sixth Avenue station. DT7 Sixth Avenue Exit A.jpg
Exit A of Sixth Avenue station.

The station is located along Bukit Timah Road underneath the traffic junctions with Eng Neo Avenue and Fourth Avenue. It was described by the media as the first MRT station to be located within a private residential area. [8] Directly overhead, it serves Fifth Avenue Condo, Guthrie House, Royalville, Second Avenue Junction, Sixth Avenue Centre, Sixth Avenue Ville, Soo's Nursing Home, while across Dunearn Road, it serves Eton House Pre-School, Jalan Naga Sari, Nanyang Girls’ High School and Vanda Estate. In addition, the nearby Grandstand (Old Turf City) is slated for future developments.

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References

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