Downtown Line 2 Station Names Shortlisted for Public Poll

icky SG

1. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is pleased to announce that names of the nine Downtown Line 2 (DTL2) stations have been shortlisted and available for public polling.

2. These names were shortlisted from more than 3,000 suggestions received from the public who were invited to send their suggestions for the official names of these nine DTL2 stations in July 2008. The closing date for submission was 26 August 2008.

3. The names for the MRT stations should:

Online polling

4. With immediate effect, the public can poll for their preferred station names via our portal at http://talk2lta.lta.gov.sg. The closing date for polling is Friday, 31 October 2008.

5. The three interchange stations at Little India, Newton and Botanic Gardens are not included in the polling exercise as these are official station names.

6. The public can poll for their preferred stations name from the shortlisted names below (three for each station) which have been approved by the Street and Building Names Board (SBNB):

No.

Current Working Name

Proposed Names for Public Polling

Rochor

Rochor
Tekka
Ophir

Stevens

Stevens
Whitley
Wayang Satu

Duchess

Duchess
Watten
Kah Kee

Sixth Avenue

Sixth Avenue
Eng Neo
Bukit Timah

Blackmore

Blackmore
Dunearn
King Albert Park

Beauty World

Beauty World
Anak Bukit
Seventh Mile

Hillview

Hillview
Dairy Farm
Upper Bukit Timah

Cashew

Cashew
Chestnut
Hazel Park

Petir

Bukit Panjang
Tenth Mile
Zhenghua

7. Results of the polling will be collated. The proposed list of finalised names will be sent to SBNB for their final approval and the results will be announced in December 2008.

About Downtown Line 2

8. Located along the Bukit Timah corridor, DTL2 comprises one depot and 12 stations, including three interchange stations at Little India, Newton and Botanic Gardens. The 16.6km underground rail system will connect commuters to the North East Line, North South Line and the Circle Line respectively. Construction work on DTL2 will commence in stages from mid-2009 onwards and targeted for completion by 2015.

Russianroulette2004 SG

My choices:

huaiwei SG

It is good to see that six of my suggestions were on the final shortlist.

So my votes are as follows:

And thank God "Hwa Chong" did not end up on the shortlist!

QX179R SG

Downtown Line 2 station names shortlisted for public polling

Rochor, Stevens, Dutchess - just some of the names for nine Downtown Line 2 stations shortlisted for public vote.

The Land Transport Authority says these names were shortlisted from more than 3,000 suggestions received from the public.

With immediate effect, the public can vote for their preferred station names via LTA’s portal at talk2lta.lta.gov.sg.

The closing date is the end of the month.

The three interchange stations at Little India, Newton and Botanic Gardens are not included in the polling exercise as these are official station names. -938Live

Scania SG

Rochor
Whitley (felt the itch to choose Wayang Satu)
Duchess (not going to feed the Hwa Chong people, they want Kah Kee)
Sixth Avenue (why change?)
Blackmore (nice name)
Anak Bukit (Seventh Mile is 1/2 a mile away, Beauty World is a bit outdated and is a building name currently)
Dairy Farm (The station is not really near the main Hillview stretch)
Cashew (if you notice every other road in that area is named after a nut)
Zhenghua (Original HDB name for Bukit Panjang)

sinicker SG

Diary Farm (The station is not really near the main Hillview stretch)

hmm.... i think dairy farm nicer.

ChoCoChips SG

cashew is fine.

i stay there leh

hahaha

cashew FTW!

201911 SG

Rochor (more well known than ophir or tekka)

Whitley (sounds nicer than stevens, wayang satu isnt well known)

Watten (naming it 'kah kee' is stupid, and duchess also sounds rather dumb)

Sixth avenue (bukit timah is too generic, eng neo is not normally associated with that place)

blackmore (king albert park is too far away)

anak bukit (beauty world is the name of the shopping mall)

hillview (upp. bukit timah is too long, just like upp. paya lebar, renamed to tai seng i think)

Cashew (fits the place better)

zhenghua (bukit panjang is already the name of the LRT stn...)

and mods pls close down the thread abt the naming of the 'hwa chong' station, its only going to bait flame wars...

huaiwei SG

Rochor (more well known than ophir or tekka)

zhenghua (bukit panjang is already the name of the LRT stn...)

Rochor more famous than Tekka? Got to be kidding bro! :D

As for Bukit Panjang, the proposed name is the same as the LRT station too anyway.

sinicker SG

Rochor more famous than Tekka? Got to be kidding bro! :D

As for Bukit Panjang, the proposed name is the same as the LRT station too anyway.

to singaporeans, Tekka already means little india. a bit weird leh. rochor is my choice!

tranquilice SG

My choices:

Rochor: Rochor

Stevens: Whitley (same as my suggestion)

Duchess: Watten (my suggestion: Bougainvillea Park)

Sixth Avenue: Eng Neo (same as my suggestion)

Blackmore: Blackmore

Beauty World: Anak Bukit (my suggestion: Bukit Timah)

Hillview: Hillview

Cashew: Hazel Park (my suggestion: Cashew or Hazel Park)

Petir: Bukit Panjang (same as my suggestion)

tranquilice SG

mrtfan SG

I live in Bukit Timah 7 1/2 mile, and I think Beauty World is a more beautiful station name (as the name suggests) than Anak Bukit. It reflects the historical surrounding of the area and has existed for a long time. Beauty World is not just the name of the shopping center, it is the name of the very old market known as Beauty World Market which was burnt down in the 1980s, showing the historical surrounding of the area. Anak Bukit is less recognisable in my opinion, and my grandmother, who has lived in 7 1/2 mile for 60 years, agrees than Beauty World is a nicer and more recognisable name. Anyway Anak Bukit is further away from the station than Beauty World Plaza.

And I really dont see the fuss over Kah Kee station. Mr. Tan Kah Kee was a great philantrophist that founded several schools in Singapore and China, including Tao Nan School, Xiamen University and of course, the Chinese High School. Watten and Duchess are small roads off Bukit Timah Road and if you ask me, people are going to recognise Kah Kee better than Duchess or Watten, which are just rich men's areas.