Hume MRT station
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| address = 371 Upper Bukit Timah Road
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Hume MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown line (DTL) in Bukit Batok, Singapore. Located at the junction of Hume Avenue and Upper Bukit Timah Road, the station serves surrounding landmarks including Bukit Timah Hill, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, the Rail Corridor, the Rail Mall, and the Former Ford Factory. It is the first underground infill station to open in Singapore.
During the construction of the DTL, only the structural provisions for the station were built due to lack of projected ridership levels. Following petitions from nearby residents advocating for the station's opening, the government announced in March 2019 that Hume station would be built in tandem with the redevelopment of the Rail Corridor. Fitting-out works began in February 2021 and the station opened on 28 February 2025 ahead of schedule. The station features a colour scheme of green, yellow, and white. Andre Wee's Continuity, an artwork depicting the Former Ford Factory, is displayed in the station as part of the MRT network's Art-in-Transit programme.
History
= Shell station =
File:DT4 Hume shell station tunnel.jpg
The Downtown line (DTL) was first announced in 2007,{{Cite news |last1=Tan |first1=Christopher |date=15 March 2007 |title=Five Stops Planned for First Phase of Downtown MRT Line |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/assets/images/ST175/NewspaperSG/2007-03-15/full.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108084438/https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/assets/images/ST175/NewspaperSG/2007-03-15/full.jpg |archive-date=8 November 2022 |access-date=8 November 2022 |work=The Straits Times |page=1}} and the stations of DTL Stage 2 were announced in July 2008.{{cite web |title=Downtown Line 2 Station Sites Named |url=http://app.lta.gov.sg/corp_press_content.asp?start=1969 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527042907/http://app.lta.gov.sg/corp_press_content.asp?start=1969 |archive-date=27 May 2011 |access-date=17 June 2009 |website= |publisher=Land Transport Authority}} The tunnels between the Hillview and Beauty World stations were constructed by SKEC Singapore Branch as part of Contract 915, which was awarded to the company for S$225.2 million in June 2009.{{Cite web |date=1 June 2009 |title=Award of Contract C915 – Tunnels Between the Stations at Beauty World and Hillview |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=2141 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220127050231/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/webarchives/2016-11-10%2018:24:00.000/wp/details/https://www.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx%3Fc%3D2%26id%3D2141 |archive-date=27 January 2022 |access-date=3 March 2025 |publisher=Land Transport Authority}}{{Cite web |title=Annex 1 – Map of Contract 915 |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/data/apps/news/press/2009/01062009_Annex1_ContractC915.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/webarchives/wayback/20161110111012/https://www.lta.gov.sg/data/apps/news/press/2009/01062009_Annex1_ContractC915.pdf |archive-date=10 November 2016 |access-date=3 March 2025 |publisher=Land Transport Authority }} During the construction of the DTL, only the structural provisions for the future Hume station were built.{{cite web |title=Speech by Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Transport, on a Sustainable and High Quality Public Transport-Centric Transportation System, at the Committee of Supply Debate 2015 on 11 March 2015 |url=http://www.mot.gov.sg/News-Centre/News/2015/Speech-by-Mr-Lui-Tuck-Yew,-Minister-for-Transport,-on-A-Sustainable-and-High-Quality-Public-Transport-Centric-Transportation-System,-at-the-Committee-Of-Supply-Debate-2015-on-11-March-2015/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630193111/http://www.mot.gov.sg/News-Centre/News/2015/Speech-by-Mr-Lui-Tuck-Yew,-Minister-for-Transport,-on-A-Sustainable-and-High-Quality-Public-Transport-Centric-Transportation-System,-at-the-Committee-Of-Supply-Debate-2015-on-11-March-2015/ |archive-date=30 June 2016 |access-date=19 April 2016 |publisher=Ministry of Transport}} The shell structural provisions were completed in 2014.
In 2014 and 2015, Hume residents petitioned for the station's construction to improve transport connectivity in the area,{{cite web |last=Tan |first=Thomas |date=17 October 2014 |title=Why Won’t Hume Station Open? |url=https://www.todayonline.com/voices/why-wont-hume-station-open |access-date=3 March 2025 |website=Today |archive-date=6 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106075902/http://www.todayonline.com/voices/why-wont-hume-station-open? |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Tay |first=Albert (Beng Guan) |date=23 October 2014 |title=Opening Hume Station Will Encourage Use of MRT |url=https://www.todayonline.com/voices/opening-hume-station-will-encourage-use-mrt |access-date=3 March 2025 |website=Today |archive-date=5 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905175751/http://www.todayonline.com/voices/opening-hume-station-will-encourage-use-mrt |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Naidu |first=Varun |date=9 December 2015 |title=Adequate Demand to Open Hume Train Station |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-in-print/adequate-demand-to-open-hume-train-station |access-date=3 March 2025 |website=The Straits Times |archive-date=3 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250303094531/https://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-in-print/adequate-demand-to-open-hume-train-station |url-status=live }} while Member of Parliament (MP) Low Yen Ling (who represented Bukit Gombak) raised the issue with transport minister Lui Tuck Yew in March 2015. The Land Transport Authority (LTA), Singapore's transport agency, explained that projected ridership levels in the area did not justify the full construction of the station. The LTA also cited the availability of adequate transport alternatives in the area.{{cite web |date=3 November 2014 |title=Various Transport Options in Hume Area |url=https://www.todayonline.com/voices/various-transport-options-hume-area |access-date=3 March 2025 |website=Today}}{{cite web |date=18 December 2015 |title=Ridership Projection for Hume Station Under Review |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-in-print/ridership-projection-for-hume-station-under-review |access-date=3 March 2025 |website=The Straits Times |archive-date=3 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250303094315/https://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-in-print/ridership-projection-for-hume-station-under-review |url-status=live }}
In April 2017, The Straits Times reported that construction works were still ongoing at the future station site, speculating that the station would be opened soon, but the LTA clarified that only a station box was being built at the time.{{cite news |last=Tan |first=Christopher |date=19 April 2017 |title=New Downtown Line Station Takes Shape |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/new-downtown-line-station-takes-shape |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316223505/http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/new-downtown-line-station-takes-shape |archive-date=16 March 2018 |access-date=14 March 2019 |newspaper=The Straits Times |publisher=}} Following the opening of DTL Stage 3, another resident petitioned for the station's opening.{{Cite news |last=Chen |first=Seh Choong |date=16 May 2018 |title=Open Hume Station Soon |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-in-print/open-hume-station-soon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516131525/https://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-in-print/open-hume-station-soon |archive-date=16 May 2018 |access-date=8 March 2019 |website=The Straits Times |language=en}}
During a parliamentary debate on the transport ministry's budget on 7 March 2019, senior minister of state for transport Janil Puthucheary announced that Hume station would open in 2025. The station's opening was planned to coincide with the redevelopment of the former Bukit Timah Fire Station and the Rail Corridor. Janil also acknowledged that the decision was due to Low's repeated appeals for the station's opening.{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Pei Ting |date=7 March 2019 |title=Hume MRT Station to Open by 2025, No Stations for Tuas South and Jurong Island |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/hume-mrt-station-open-2025-no-stations-tuas-south-and-jurong-island |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920100053/https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/hume-mrt-station-open-2025-no-stations-tuas-south-and-jurong-island |archive-date=20 September 2020 |access-date=8 March 2019 |website=Today}}{{cite news |last1=Abdullah |first1=Zhaki |date=7 March 2019 |title=Hume MRT Station to Open by 2025, Says Janil Puthucheary |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/hume-mrt-station-to-open-by-2025-says-janil-puthucheary |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920100052/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/hume-mrt-station-to-open-by-2025-says-janil-puthucheary |archive-date=20 September 2020 |access-date=7 March 2019 |website=The Straits Times |language=en}} Nevertheless, Hume residents interviewed by Today expressed dismay over the six-year wait for the station's opening.{{cite web |last=Neo |first=Rong Wei |date=13 March 2019 |title=For Many Hume Residents, Six-Year Wait for MRT Station Is 'Too Long' |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/many-hume-residents-six-year-wait-mrt-station-too-long |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250303093457/https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/many-hume-residents-six-year-wait-mrt-station-too-long |archive-date=3 March 2025 |access-date=3 March 2025 |website=Today}} A veteran contractor interviewed by The Straits Times in June 2020 suggested that the station retrofitting works could be completed within 1.5 years, making it possible for the station to open before 2025.{{Cite web |last=Tan |first=Christopher |date=30 June 2020 |title=Work on Hume MRT Station on Downtown Line to Start in the Fourth Quarter |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/work-to-complete-hume-mrt-station-slated-for-fourth-quarter |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919193143/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/work-to-complete-hume-mrt-station-slated-for-fourth-quarter |archive-date=19 September 2020 |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=The Straits Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Tan |first=Christopher |date=1 July 2020 |title=Work on Hume Station Could Start in Q4 This Year |url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/work-hume-station-could-start-q4-year |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829003122/https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/work-hume-station-could-start-q4-year |archive-date=29 August 2020 |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=The New Paper |language=en}}
= Station construction and opening =
File:DT4 Hume MRT construction site 20230106 122012.jpg
The contract for completing the civil works at Hume station was awarded to JSM Construction Group Pte Ltd for S$34.338 million (US${{ToUSD|34.338|SGP|year=2019|r=1}} million) on 14 January 2021.{{cite web |last=Zhu |first=Michelle |date=14 January 2021 |title=LTA Awards S$34.3m Civil Contract for Hume Station on Downtown Line |url=https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/transport/lta-awards-s343m-civil-contract-for-hume-station-on-downtown-line |access-date=14 January 2021 |website=The Business Times |archive-date=14 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114024934/https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/transport/lta-awards-s343m-civil-contract-for-hume-station-on-downtown-line |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=14 January 2021 |title=LTA Awards Civil Contract for Hume Station on Downtown Line |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2021/1/news-releases/LTA_awards_civil_contract_for_Hume_Station.html |access-date=14 January 2021 | publisher=Land Transport Authority |archive-date=14 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114035041/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2021/1/news-releases/LTA_awards_civil_contract_for_Hume_Station.html |url-status=live }} The contract included the construction of a station entrance, ventilation shaft and fitting-out works for the new station.{{cite web |date=14 January 2021 |title=LTA Awards Civil Works Contract for Downtown Line's New Hume MRT Station |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/hume-mrt-station-downtown-line-civil-works-contract-awarded-13959226 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114085733/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/hume-mrt-station-downtown-line-civil-works-contract-awarded-13959226 |archive-date=14 January 2021 |access-date=14 January 2021 |website=CNA}}{{cite news |last=Yong |first=Clement |date=14 January 2021 |title=Hume MRT Shell Station to Be Fitted out by JSM Construction Group at $34m |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/hume-mrt-shell-station-to-be-fitted-out-by-jsm-construction-group-at-34m |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114040105/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/hume-mrt-shell-station-to-be-fitted-out-by-jsm-construction-group-at-34m |archive-date=14 January 2021 |access-date=14 January 2021 |website=The Straits Times}} A groundbreaking ceremony for the station's construction was held on 28 February 2021, with MP Low and health minister Gan Kim Yong in attendance.{{cite news |date=28 February 2021 |title=Construction Works Start on Long-Empty Hume MRT Station |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/construction-works-start-on-long-empty-hume-mrt-station |work=The Straits Times |language=en|quote=Second photo's caption: Chua Chu Kang GRC MP Low Yen Ling and Health Minister Gan Kim Yong (right) at the ground breaking ceremony in Singapore on Feb 28, 2021}} Most of the works had to be conducted during non-revenue hours at night as the station was being constructed on the operational DTL.{{cite web |date=2 March 2021 |title=The Construction of Hume MRT Station Has Officially Begun |url=https://www.constructionplusasia.com/sg/the-construction-of-hume-mrt-station-has-officially-begun/ |access-date=8 March 2021 |website=Construction Plus Asia |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250323114602/https://www.constructionplusasia.com/sg/the-construction-of-hume-mrt-station-has-officially-begun/ |archive-date=23 March 2025}}
Without direct above-ground access, construction materials for the station had to be transported {{Convert|700|m|ft|abbr=on}} from Hillview station, while heavier materials were delivered via a special engineer's train from Gali Batu depot.{{cite web |last=Ong |first=Justin (Guang-Xi) |date=16 February 2025 |title=How Upcoming Hume Station Was Built While Downtown Line Trains Kept Running |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/hume-station-downtown-line-lta-sbs-transit-4938436 |access-date=4 March 2025 |website=CNA |archive-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218111123/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/hume-station-downtown-line-lta-sbs-transit-4938436 |url-status=live }} Excavators removed {{convert|2|to|3|m|ft}} of soil to access the shell station, parts of which were dismantled to allow entry points for workers and materials from street level. Flood barriers were installed around the station's work site.{{cite web |last=Chelvan |first=Vanessa Paige |date=16 February 2025 |title=A First Look Inside Hume MRT Station Before Feb 28 Opening |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/a-first-look-inside-hume-mrt-station-before-feb-28-opening |access-date=4 March 2025 |website=The Straits Times |archive-date=17 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217154738/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/a-first-look-inside-hume-mrt-station-before-feb-28-opening |url-status=live }} To separate the construction site from live rail operations, fire-resistant walls were installed before the station's access panels were removed. These walls also shielded the tracks from potential fires in the construction zone.
Noise and vibration monitoring instruments were also deployed to minimise inconvenience to nearby residents. Testing and integration works for critical systems, including signalling, communications, and tunnel ventilation, could only take place within limited engineering hours between 1{{Nbsp}}a.m. and 3{{Nbsp}}a.m. The installation of high-voltage and traction power equipment at the station had to be done carefully as the station is located between the operational Hillview and Beauty World stations.
In December 2024, transport minister Chee Hong Tat said the station was expected to open in the second quarter of 2025.{{Cite news |last=Kok |first=Yufeng |date=6 December 2024 |title=Hume MRT Station to Open in Q2 2025; Circle Line Stage 6 to Be Ready in First Half of 2026 |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/hume-mrt-station-to-open-in-q2-2025-circle-line-stage-6-to-be-completed-in-first-half-of-2026-chee |access-date=6 December 2024 |work=The Straits Times |archive-date=6 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206111213/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/hume-mrt-station-to-open-in-q2-2025-circle-line-stage-6-to-be-completed-in-first-half-of-2026-chee |url-status=live }} However, on 24 January 2025, the LTA announced that the station's opening date would be shifted earlier to 28 February.{{cite web|URL=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/hume-mrt-station-on-downtown-line-to-open-ahead-of-schedule-on-feb-28|title=Hume MRT Station on Downtown Line to Open Ahead of Schedule on Feb 28|last=Chelvan|first=Venessa|date=24 January 2025|website=The Straits Times|access-date=24 January 2025|archive-date=24 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124031735/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/hume-mrt-station-on-downtown-line-to-open-ahead-of-schedule-on-feb-28|url-status=live}}{{cite web | title=Hume Station to Open on 28 February 2025 | publisher=Land Transport Authority | url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2025/1/news-releases/hume_station_to_open.html | access-date=24 January 2025 | archive-date=24 January 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124034137/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2025/1/news-releases/hume_station_to_open.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=24 January 2025 |title=Hume MRT Station on Downtown Line to Open on Feb 28, Ahead of Schedule |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/hume-mrt-station-downtown-line-open-feb-28-4893661?cid=telegram_cna_social_28112017_cna |access-date=24 January 2025 |website=CNA}} Just before the station's opening on that day, The Straits Times reported that a crowd of more than 100 people were already waiting outside of the entrance.{{Cite news |last=Loi |first=Esther |last2=Sheo |first2=Chiong Teng |date=1 March 2025 |orig-date=28 February 2025 |title=Hume MRT Station on Downtown Line Opens for Passenger Service, Shortening Trips to City Centre |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/hume-mrt-station-on-downtown-line-opens-for-passenger-service-shortening-trips-to-city-centre |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=The Straits Times}} Murali Pillai, the minister of state for law and transport, officiated the opening of the station with Gan and Low in attendance.{{Cite web |date=28 February 2025 |title=Speech by Minister of State for Law and Transport, Mr Murali Pillai SC at the Opening of Hume Station |url=https://www.mot.gov.sg/news/details/speech-by-minister-of-state-for-law-and-transport--mr-murali-pillai-sc-at-the-opening-of-hume-station |website=Ministry of Transport |type=Speech transcript}} Low also credited the "patience and perseverance" of Hume residents for the station's opening.{{cite web |last=Ong |first=Justin (Guang-Xi) |date=28 February 2025 |title=Hume Station Opens After Years of 'Patience and Perseverance' from Residents |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/hume-mrt-station-downtown-line-open-4967236 |access-date=4 March 2025 |website=CNA}}
Details
File:(SGP-Singapore) Hume MRT Station Platforms 2025-02-28 - 3.jpg
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Hume station serves the DTL and is situated between Hillview and Beauty World stations, with a station code of DT4.{{Cite web |title=System Map |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network/pdf/SM_TEL4_Eng.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625100255/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network/pdf/SM_TEL4_Eng.pdf |archive-date=25 June 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024 |website= |publisher=Land Transport Authority}} As with the rest of the DTL, it is operated by SBS Transit.{{Cite web |title=Getting Around – Public Transport – Rail Network |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101093543/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network.html |archive-date=1 November 2019 |access-date=27 April 2021 |publisher=Land Transport Authority}} The station runs alongside Upper Bukit Timah Road and Hume Avenue and has two exits serving various landmarks including the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, the Bukit Batok Nature Park, the Former Ford Factory, The Rail Mall, and the Rail Corridor.{{cite web |title=Train Service Information |url=https://www.sbstransit.com.sg/Service/TrainInformation?TrainLine=DTL&Station=HUM |access-date=4 March 2025 |website=SBS Transit}} Two bus stops and one taxi stand are accessible from Exit 1. The station is also close to various condominiums including The Hillside and Parc Palais. Trains operate in both directions every 3–5 minutes from 5:35 a.m. to 12:43 a.m.{{Cite web |title=LTA {{!}} MRT/LRT |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/map/train.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101093932/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/map/train.html |archive-date=1 November 2019 |access-date=6 June 2023 |publisher=Land Transport Authority}}
Hume station is the first underground infill station in Singapore,{{cite web |title=Boosting Convenience, Connecting Lives |url=https://www.lowyenling.com/boosting-convenience-connecting-liv |access-date=4 March 2025 |website=Bukit Gombak |publisher=People's Action Party |archive-date=10 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110000834/https://www.lowyenling.com/boosting-convenience-connecting-liv |url-status=live }} with previously built infill stations – Canberra and Dover – being elevated rail stations.{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/new-brickland-mrt-stop-between-choa-chu-kang-and-bukit-gombak-set-to-open-in-2034 |work=The Straits Times |first1=Kok |last1=Yufeng |date=November 21, 2024 |title=New Brickland MRT Stop Between Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Gombak Set to Open in 2034 |access-date=March 29, 2025}} The station's interior has a colour scheme of green, yellow, and white – an homage to nearby landmarks such as the Rail Corridor, the quarries, and the Former Ford Factory. Near the station's entrances are 60 bicycle parking spots for cyclists.
The station is designed to be barrier-free with wider fare gates that allow easier access for wheelchair users into the station, and a tactile system that guides visually impaired commuters through the station. The station's lifts are also equipped with rear-panel mirrors to assist wheelchair users when reversing out. Hume station has also been awarded the Building and Construction Authority's Green Mark Gold Certification, incorporating features such as rooftop solar panels, energy-efficient lighting, and a hybrid cooling system.
Commissioned as part of the MRT network's Art-in-Transit programme, Continuity by Andre Wee is displayed at the station. The artwork presents a stylised cross-sectional view of the nearby Former Ford Factory, a national monument which involved significant events during World War II.{{cite web |title=Art in Transit |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/getting_around/public_transport/a_better_public_transport_experience/art_in_public_transport/art_in_transit.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623061047/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/getting_around/public_transport/a_better_public_transport_experience/art_in_public_transport/art_in_transit.html |archive-date=23 June 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024 |publisher=Land Transport Authority}} The depiction of the internal structure showcases the building's historical purpose while the outside presents its current function as a venue for public visits and ceremonies for National Service recruits. Wee intended for commuters to reflect on the factory's solemn past and its ongoing role in preserving Singapore's history.{{cite web |date=1 March 2025 |title=Art in Transit |url=https://www.sbstransit.com.sg/art-in-transit |access-date=4 March 2025 |website=SBS Transit |archive-date=21 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421081419/https://www.sbstransit.com.sg/art-in-transit |url-status=live }}
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