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Rochor: Leech
Stevens: Kon
Duchess: Yew
Sixth Avenue: Regal
Blackmore: Korupshern
Beauty World: Fig
Hillview: MeleetokracyCashew: ForainPetir: Tresh
Poll to name Downtown Line stations
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->WHAT should a train station be named after? Would a name like Tenth Mile, which harks back to Singapore's kampung past, do?
Should the Downtown Line station at Stevens Road be called Wayang Satu? Is Beauty World well-known enough to give a sense of where it is?
These names are among 27 shortlisted suggestions for the nine Downtown Line stations. More than 3,000 suggestions poured in from the public in July and August.
Now, you can pick your preferred station names by taking part in
a Land Transport Authority poll, which closes on Oct 31, at http://talk2lta.lta.gov.sg
The stations and their suggested names:
Rochor: Rochor, Tekka, Ophir
Stevens: Stevens, Whitley, Wayang Satu
Duchess: Duchess, Watten, Kah Kee
Sixth Avenue: Sixth Avenue, Eng Neo, Bukit Timah
Blackmore: Blackmore, Dunearn, King Albert Park
Beauty World: Beauty World, Anak Bukit, Seventh Mile
Hillview: Hillview, Dairy Farm, Upper Bukit Timah
Cashew: Cashew, Chestnut, Hazel Park Petir: Bukit Panjang, Tenth Mile, Zhenghua
Rochor: Leech
Stevens: Kon
Duchess: Yew
Sixth Avenue: Regal
Blackmore: Korupshern
Beauty World: Fig
Hillview: MeleetokracyCashew: ForainPetir: Tresh
Poll to name Downtown Line stations
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->WHAT should a train station be named after? Would a name like Tenth Mile, which harks back to Singapore's kampung past, do?
Should the Downtown Line station at Stevens Road be called Wayang Satu? Is Beauty World well-known enough to give a sense of where it is?
These names are among 27 shortlisted suggestions for the nine Downtown Line stations. More than 3,000 suggestions poured in from the public in July and August.
Now, you can pick your preferred station names by taking part in
a Land Transport Authority poll, which closes on Oct 31, at http://talk2lta.lta.gov.sg
The stations and their suggested names:
Rochor: Rochor, Tekka, Ophir
Stevens: Stevens, Whitley, Wayang Satu
Duchess: Duchess, Watten, Kah Kee
Sixth Avenue: Sixth Avenue, Eng Neo, Bukit Timah
Blackmore: Blackmore, Dunearn, King Albert Park
Beauty World: Beauty World, Anak Bukit, Seventh Mile
Hillview: Hillview, Dairy Farm, Upper Bukit Timah
Cashew: Cashew, Chestnut, Hazel Park Petir: Bukit Panjang, Tenth Mile, Zhenghua