King Albert Park MRT Station

DT6  King Albert Park 阿尔柏王园 கிங் ஆல்பர்ட் பார்க் King Albert Park
Rapid transit
Chinatown platform at King Albert Park
Location	2 Blackmore Drive Singapore 599987
Coordinates	1°20′08″N 103°47′02″E / 1.335628°N 103.783983°E / 1.335628; 103.783983
Operated by	SBS Transit DTL
Line(s)	Downtown Line
Platforms	Island
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	DT6
History
Opened	27 December 2015
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Blackmore
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Beauty World towards Bukit Panjang Downtown Line Sixth Avenue towards Chinatown
Location

King Albert Park MRT Station (DT6) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Downtown Line in Bukit Timah, Singapore. The station serves the Bukit Timah corridor at the junction between Bukit Timah Road and Blackmore Drive, in an area which is largely residential; and staff and students of the nearby Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Singapore University of Social Sciences

The station is named after King Albert Park, an estate and road located within the vicinity of this station. Before the current name was finalized, this station was known by its working name "Blackmore". The station opened on December 27, 2015.

Residents of Maplewoods condominium are concerned about the safety of both drivers and pedestrians near the condominium and are hoping for better solutions to the problems resulting from the construction of the station along Upper Bukit Timah Road after a dialogue session with the Land Transport Authority and their MP for Holland-Bukit Timah Christopher de Souza.

The authorities offered to retain the footpath after pedestrian safety concerns were voiced. But keeping it meant the footpath will have to be narrowed to accommodate construction works. At the same time, proposals were also offered to re-draw the access into and out of the condominium for vehicular safety. Vehicles entering the launch shaft construction site will assemble opposite it and drive across the entrance.

The residents complained that the construction site for the tunnel boring machine is a little too close to home for residents at Maplewoods as it will be right up to their main entrance. They claimed that is an accident waiting to happen. Construction works thus ceased on 6 June 2011.

The Land Transport Authority hopes to start carrying out diversion works along Upper Bukit Timah Road on 3 July 2011, after delays due to concerns expressed by residents of the condominium.