Beauty World MRT station

Beauty World MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown Line (DTL) in Bukit Timah, Singapore. Located along Upper Bukit Timah Road, this station took its name from the historic Beauty World, an amusement park and market that once stood in the vicinity. Beauty World station primarily serves the residential estates along Jalan Jurong Kechil and Toh Yi Drive, as well as Beauty World Centre, Beauty World Plaza and Bukit Timah Shopping Centre. It is also within walking distances to Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

Not to be confused with Great World MRT station.
 DT5 
Beauty World
美世界
அழகு உலகம்
Beauty World
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
Exit C of Beauty World station
Location101 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 588216
Coordinates1°20′28″N 103°46′33″E
Operated bySBS Transit DTL (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Line(s)
  Downtown Line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus, Taxi
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened27 December 2015 (2015-12-27)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesAnak Bukit / Seventh Mile
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station
towards Bukit Panjang
Downtown Line
towards Expo
towards Bukit Panjang
Downtown Line
Future service
towards Sungei Bedok
Location
Beauty World
Beauty World station in Singapore

The section of tracks between this station and Hillview MRT station is the longest between any two MRT stations on the Downtown Line till 2025. There are basic structural provisions for a future station (also known as a "box station") along this section of tracks near Hume Avenue.[1] Hume MRT station was confirmed on 7 March 2019 and is to be operational by 2025.

History
Platform level of the station

The Land Transport Authority awarded the contract for the construction of Beauty World station and associated tunnels (Contract 916) to McConnell Dowell S.E.A. Pte Ltd on 25 March 2009, valued at S$339,879,555.00.[2]

Tunnelling works began on 8 June 2011. Two tunnel boring machines — which were named Athena and Artemis, after the Greek goddesses by students of the nearby Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School — tunnelled the 1 km stretch from Beauty World to King Albert Park.[3] The section of track between Hillview and Beauty World is the longest on the Downtown Line.

Part of the construction process was shown on an episode of that year's infotainment programme Behind Every Job 2 on Mediacorp Channel 8.

Station details

Etymology

The original name for "Beauty World" referred to an amusement park in the area. At that time, amusement parks were called "worlds": the others included Gay World, Great World, which Great World City now occupies and New World. The amusement park was subsequently converted to a market after the end of World War II, and called Beauty World Market. However, fire hazards led to the subsequent demolition of the park in the 1980s.

The station name was also named after the Beauty World Centre. Other names such as Anak Bukit and Bukit Timah Market were considered before Beauty World was selected.

Art in Transit

"Asemic Lines" by Boedi Widjaja is an artwork that presents the multi-cultural mix of language and invites viewers' aesthetic intuition to 'hover' between reading and looking.

References
  1. "Speech by Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Transport, on A Sustainable and High Quality Public Transport-Centric Transportation System, at the Committee Of Supply Debate 2015 on 11 March 2015". Ministry of Transport, Singapore. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  2. "Contract 916 Tender Information". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 18 April 2009.
  3. "Downtown Line 2 Tunnelling Works Begin at Beauty World Station". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011.
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