Work on Hume MRT station on Downtown Line to start in the fourth quarter

A shell station for Hume MRT was completed in 2018. PHOTO: LOW YEN LING/FACEBOOK
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SINGAPORE - While an unopened station along the Downtown Line is still officially slated to be completed in 2025, some have flagged the possibility that it could be up and running much earlier.

In a recent newsletter for residents of the Hume area in Bukit Timah, incumbent Choa Chu Kang GRC MP Low Yen Ling revealed that construction of the Hume MRT station could start in the fourth quarter of this year. Going by this timeline, the station could potentially be completed before 2025.

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