Downtown Line 2 Station Names Shortlisted for Public Poll

icky

10 Oct 08, 23:09

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:

Identify the location readily so that all commuters can easily remember the names and identify the area of the station
Illustrate the history and heritage of the station surroundings if relevant
Reflect the multi-racial, multi-cultural character of Singapore if possible. Also, stations should not be named after public structures, or commercial and residential developments.

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
1	Rochor	Rochor Tekka Ophir
2	Stevens	Stevens Whitley Wayang Satu
3	Duchess	Duchess Watten Kah Kee
4	Sixth Avenue	Sixth Avenue Eng Neo Bukit Timah
5	Blackmore	Blackmore Dunearn King Albert Park
6	Beauty World	Beauty World Anak Bukit Seventh Mile
7	Hillview	Hillview Dairy Farm Upper Bukit Timah
8	Cashew	Cashew Chestnut Hazel Park
9	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

11 Oct 08, 12:30

My choices:

Rochor: Rochor (no change)
Stevens: Whitley
Duchess: Duchess (no change)
Sixth Avenue: Sixth Avenue (no change)
Blackmore: Blackmore (no change)
Beauty World: Anak Bukit
Hillview: Hillview (no change)
Cashew: Cashew (no change)
Petir: Bukit Panjang

huaiwei

11 Oct 08, 12:40

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

So my votes are as follows:

Rochor: Tekka (as per my nomination)
Stevens: Whitley (as per my nomination)
Duchess: Watten (as per my nomination)
Sixth Avenue: Eng Neo (as per my nomination)
Blackmore: King Albert Park (as per my nomination)
Beauty World: Anak Bukit
Hillview: Hillview (as per my nomination, which was no change)
Cashew: Hazel Park (wondered out loud, but did not nominate it)
Petir: Bukit Panjang (as per my nomination)

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

QX179R

11 Oct 08, 21:28

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

12 Oct 08, 01:19

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

12 Oct 08, 01:21

Originally posted by Scania:

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

hmm.... i think dairy farm nicer.

ChoCoChips

12 Oct 08, 01:24

cashew is fine.

i stay there leh

hahaha

cashew FTW!

Ajen

12 Oct 08, 01:48

Rochor: Rochor -
Stevens - Whitley
Duchess: Duchess - And also not gonna feed Hwa Chong students
Sixth Avenue: Sixth Avenue - Infamous road name
Blackmore: King Albert Park
Beauty World: Anak Bukit
Hillview: Dairy Farm
Cashew: Cashew
Petir: Bukit Panjang

201911

12 Oct 08, 10:59

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

12 Oct 08, 16:43

Originally posted by 201911:

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

12 Oct 08, 18:06

Originally posted by huaiwei:

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

12 Oct 08, 23:55

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

14 Oct 08, 00:22

mrtfan

16 Oct 08, 17:14

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.