Kaki Bukit MRT station

Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore

DT28
Kaki Bukit
加基武吉
காக்கி புக்கிட்

Preceding station	Mass Rapid Transit	Following station
Ubi towards Bukit Panjang		Downtown Line		Bedok North towards Expo

Preceding station

Mass Rapid Transit

Following station

Ubi

towards Bukit Panjang

Downtown Line

Bedok North

towards Expo

Location
Kaki Bukit Kaki Bukit station in Singapore

Location

Kaki Bukit

Kaki Bukit station in Singapore

History

The station was first announced on 20 August 2010 when the 16 stations of the 21-kilometre (13 mi) Downtown line Stage 3 (DTL3) from the River Valley (now Fort Canning) to Expo stations were unveiled. The line segment was expected to be completed in 2017.^[1]^[2]^[3] The contract for the construction of Kaki Bukit station was awarded to China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited for S$93.8 million (US$74.58 million) in June 2011. Construction of the station and the tunnels commenced in July that year and was targeted to be completed in 2017.^[4]

A segment of Kaki Bukit Avenue 1 from Jalan Tenaga to Jalan Damai was closed from 28 August 2011 to April 2016 to facilitate the station's construction. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) widened Jalan Tenaga and Jalan Damai to accommodate the diverted traffic.^[5] The road segment reopened on 24 April 2016.^[6]

On 31 May 2017, the LTA announced that the station, together with the rest of DTL3, would be opened on 21 October that year.^[7]^[8]^[9] Passengers were offered a preview of the station along with the other Downtown Line 3 (DTL 3) stations at the DTL 3 Open House on 15 October.^[10]

Details

Station images

Exit A

Concourse level

Kaki Bukit station serves the DTL and is between the Ubi and Bedok North stations. The official station code is DT28.^[11]^[12] Being part of the DTL, the station is operated by SBS Transit.^[13] The station is situated along Kaki Bukit Avenue 1 near the junction with Jalan Damai.^[14] Kaki Bukit station has two entrances serving the industrial developments of Kaki Bukit, including Eunos Techpark, Kaki Bukit Techpark and TechView,^[14] and public residential blocks along Bedok Reservoir Road, Jalan Damai and Jalan Tenaga.^[7]

The station has three underground levels.^[7] Designed by Ong&Ong, the station is supported by granite columns, with a link bridge connecting the two entrances. The exterior of the entrances utilises glass and aluminium panels.^[15] The station is wheelchair-accessible. A tactile system, consisting of tiles with rounded or elongated raised studs,^[16] guides visually impaired commuters through the station, with dedicated routes that connect the station entrances to the platforms or between the lines. Wider fare gates allow easier access for wheelchair users into the station.^[17]

Artwork

Art in Transit artwork

Welcome to Kaki Bukit by Hans Tan is displayed at this station as part of the Art-in-Transit programme, a public art showcase which integrates artworks into the MRT network.^[18] The artwork is a video installation depicting the various people of Kaki Bukit writing "Welcome to Kaki Bukit" in Singapore's four official languages – English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil.^[19]^[20] It intends to reflect the dual "personality" of Kaki Bukit through the involvement of workers and residents.^[21]^[22]

The artist initially had difficulty coming up with a concept for the station artwork due to Kaki Bukit's lack of rich history and its nature as an industrial area. With the station's location between the residential and industrial developments of Kaki Bukit, Tan decided the work should "bridge" the area's "split personality".^[20] The work was installed on the platform near the escalators that lead up to the concourse,^[23] with its well-ventilated enclosure integrated with information signage in the station.^[24] The greeting is split across three screens, with "Welcome" written by residents and "Kaki Bukit" written by workers, with "to" by the artist himself to symbolise how his work and the station brought the two sides together.^[20] The videos are played in random sequences that would not have all three change simultaneously.^[23]

References

^ "Downtown Line 3 Station Locations Unveiled Faster Access for Residents in the East to the City and Marina Bay Area". Land Transport Authority. 20 August 2010. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016.
^ "Alignment of DTL3" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
^ "DTL Station Locations" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
^ "LTA Awards Contracts for Kaki Bukit and Kallang Bahru Stations | Press Room | Land Transport Authority". Land Transport Authority. 22 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^ "Closing Kaki Bukit Ave 1 and Part of Bencoolen Street to Facilitate Downtown Line 3 Construction Works". Land Transport Authority. 24 August 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016.
^ "Re-opening of Kaki Bukit Avenue 1". Land Transport Authority. 18 April 2016. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Factsheet: Downtown Line 3 to Open on 21 October 2017". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ Alkhatib, Shaffiq Idris (21 October 2017). "Downtown Line 3 opens to public". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
^ "Opening of Downtown Line Stage 3". The Straits Times. The Straits Times. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
^ "It's Rail Fun at the Downtown Line 3 Open House on 15 October!". Land Transport Authority. 10 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^ "MRT System Map" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "System Map". TransitLink. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^ "Getting Around – Public Transport – Rail Network". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Train Service Information". SBSTransit. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "Kaki Bukit MRT, Singapore". Ong & Ong. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "Tactile Guiding System: Studs and Strips to Guide Your Way". Land Transport Authority. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
^ Feng 2017, p. 100.
^ "LTA | Art in Transit". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
^ Republic of Singapore Independence Act 1965 (No. 9 of 1965, 1985 Rev. Ed.), s7.
^ ^a ^b ^c Zhuang & Soh 2022, p. 156.
^ "Kaki Bukit Welcomes You" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ Lee, Wenxin (3 April 2023). "#trending: Art installation at Kaki Bukit MRT Station sporting scribbled welcome sign draws love-hate reviews from netizens". Today. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b Zhuang & Soh 2022, p. 159.
^ Zhuang & Soh 2022, p. 161.

Bibliography

Feng, Zengkun (2017). Downtown Line: Soaring to new heights (PDF). Singapore: Straits Times Press Pte Ltd. ISBN 978-981-4747-66-0. OCLC 1003852882.

Zhuang, Justin; Soh, Darren (2022). Art in transit: Downtown Line Singapore. Singapore: Land Transport Authority. ISBN 978-981-18-3967-2. OCLC 1342054525.