Hi all, just want to know why is DT4 missing in the LTA train
map? I read in the forum about the cut-and-cover work in Hume Ave
station (DT4).
What is this box?
Welcome to Train forums.
Well, ever since the public complained on the closure of
Buangkok (Especially as there is some flats at
around half km away and originally not intended to closed and leave
it as an white elephant) and Woodleigh [Not so, as the station is
located in cemetry that had since closed and the only benefitters
were a small condo near there and people living in Joo Seng Road /
Mount Veron police camp mainly the Nepalese ones.] (The "first
station" to be closed / not operating along with the line was Tanah
Merah, but since the residents there appealed to their MP and hence
no choice but to open Tanah Merah and hence the first station not
operating along with the line were Buangkok and Woodleigh), the
government has announced of no more mothballing of
stations, meaning one will not see Buangkok incident again, but
instead, what happened will be like Bukit Brown (CC18) / Kampong
Bharu (NE2) where a structure / provision was made
respectively.
What happened was on DT4, there will be a station as the
distance between Beauty World to Hillview is about 2.6km, undoubtly
one of the longer stretch between any stations (Comparable ones are
Khatib - YCK, Expo - CGA, Outram Park - HBF etc), but since they
cant build station and leave it there like Woodleigh as promised,
hence they just build a station structure as provision, and to fit
the interior once it is ready.
FYI, DT4 is located near Old Fort Factory, the war memorial part
as well. So I see no reason of no MRT station in long term plans,
but I am afraid if they build a station now, the only benefitters
is a few tourists visit that memorial factory and the residents of
the condo nearby.
To add on, the LTA had recently posted tenders for TSL, out of
it, T4, T4a and T10 will be like this DT4 / Bukit Brown station
where they are slated as RTS (Rapid Transit System) structure,
meaning to be a future station. (T4 / T4a should be around Mandai /
Upper Thomson - Lentor area while T10 is likely to be at Whitely
Road)
