Stage 2 of the Downtown Line will be 16.6 km long, consist
of 12 stations including 3 interchange stations, and is scheduled
to be completed by 2015. The location, alignment, and tentative
name of each station were announced 15 July 2008. Construction of
this stage has started since 3 July 2009.
A new MRT depot, the Gali
Batu Depot, will be built at part of the Kwong Hou Sua
Teochew Cemetery off Woodlands Road.
In its preliminary plans, stage 2 of the Downtown Line was
called the Bukit Timah Line, supposedly a 20-kilometre line that
would connect the new downtown with the Bukit Panjang, Upper Bukit
Timah and Bukit Timah corridor. It was to intersect the Circle
Line and all other current lines along the way. When
constructed, it was expected to alleviate the heavy traffic along
Bukit Timah, Dunearn Road and Upper Bukit Timah. Provisions were
made at Promenade station which would have
been the line's southern interchange with the Circle Line.
On July 15, 2008, the LTA has
announced the exact location of the 12 stations to be built. Their
final names are Rochor, Little India (interchange with North East
Line), Newton (interchange with North South
Line), Stevens, Botanic Gardens (Interchange with
Circle
Line), Tan Kah Kee, Sixth Avenue, King Albert Park, Beauty World, Hillview, Cashew and Bukit Panjang. Commencement of
construction for Downtown Line 2 has begun on 3 July 2009 with a
groundbreaking ceremony at the Beauty World station.