Tan Kah Kee MRT station
Tan Kah Kee
DT8 陈嘉庚
டான் கா கீ | |||||||||||
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| Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | |||||||||||
Students at the platform level of the station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 651 Bukit Timah Road Singapore 266268 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 01°19′34″N 103°48′26″E / 1.32611°N 103.80722°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SBS Transit DTL (ComfortDelGro Corporation) | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, taxi | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 27 December 2015 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Duchess, Hwa Chong, Kah Kee, Watten | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| June 2024 | 3,405 per day | ||||||||||
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Tan Kah Kee MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown Line (DTL) in Bukit Timah, Singapore. Located directly underneath the campus of Hwa Chong Institution (HCI), this station was named after the founder of the institution Tan Kah Kee. In addition to HCI, other educational institutions within the vicinity of this station include Nanyang Girls' High School, Raffles Girls' Primary School and National Junior College.
First announced as Duchess MRT station, it was renamed to Tan Kah Kee through a public poll in 2009. The name has attracted some criticism as the name was viewed as "misleading" and does not properly reflect the locality. In June 2013, Tan Kah Kee station was one of three stations affected by the sudden dissolution of Alpine Bau – the contractor for the construction of these stations. Initially forecast to open in mid-2016, the station opened on 27 December 2015 along with the DTL Stage 2 stations. The station features two murals – Gratitude and Resilience – created by HCI students as part of the network's Art-in-Transit programme.