Six stations of Downtown Line to open on Dec 22

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The first stage of the Downtown Line will open on Dec 22 and, it seems, not a moment too soon in the effort to make public transport a choice mode.

The 42-kilometre Downtown Line is being built in three stages and will be Singapore's longest, fully underground driverless train system when it opens completely in 2017. The first stage comprises six stations - Bugis, Promenade, Bayfront, Downtown, Telok Ayer and Chinatown.

As a medium-capacity rapid transit system, it allows direct access from the central business district and new developments in the Marina Bay area to north-western and eastern Singapore.