Hume MRT station


Hume MRT station is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station located along the junction of Hume Ave and Upper Bukit Timah Road. It is an infill station and will be located near a number of Bukit Timah heritage sites: Bukit Timah Hill, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Former Bukit Timah Fire Station, Fuyong Estate, and Former Ford Factory. The station will have two platforms and will be between Beauty World and Hillview stations on the Downtown Line. This will be in district 21 near Bukit Batok and Bukit Panjang planning areas, Singapore.
The new station was planned to open by 2025, but construction work has been brought forward with the intention of opening the station by late 2021.

History

Hume station was initially built as a "shell station" together with the second phase of the Downtown Line, which opened in 2015. As there was no developments in the area, the station was not opened at that time.
On 7 March 2019, the station was announced during a parliamentary debate, and is planned to be open by 2025. the redevelopment of the Rail Corridor, along with the future transformation of the former Bukit Timah Fire Station into a recreational node, were stated as reasons that would increase potential ridership and justify the opening of the station.