Downtown Line · Singapore

Downtown Line is a Singapore line with 35 stations.

At a glance

Stations: 35
From: Bukit Panjang
To: Expo
Interchanges: 11
Difficulty: Lv 4 of 7
Keystrokes: ~336

Downtown Line runs from Bukit Panjang to Expo, 35 stops in the order you type them. Measured in straight lines between the station coordinates, the run is about 37.2 km, an average of 1.1 km between stops. The longest gap is Tampines East to Upper Changi, about 1.8 km, and the shortest is Little India to Rochor, about 470 m. The real track is a little longer than these straight lines.

Typing every station name once takes about 336 keystrokes, which is difficulty level 4 of 7 among Singapore's lines. The level only compares lines within one city, so use the keystroke count to compare across cities. At the Bukit Panjang end the game shows Bukit Panjang Plaza, and at the Expo end, Singapore Expo.

You can change to 5 other lines: Circle Line, Thomson-East Coast Line, North-South Line, North East Line, East West Line. The interchange stations are Botanic Gardens, Stevens, Newton, Little India, Bugis, Promenade, Bayfront, Chinatown, and 3 more.

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Along the way

The game shows a nearby place at each station. Some of the ones on Downtown Line:

Bukit Panjang Plaza at Bukit Panjang. Bukit Panjang Plaza lit up at night, its coloured lights glowing among the apartment blocks, with an elevated track curving past.Photo: Erwin Soo · CC BY 2.0
Bukit Batok Nature Park at Hillview. A shaded path through tall trees in Bukit Batok Nature Park, with bright light coming through at the far end.Photo: Iloveredboi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bukit Timah truss bridge at King Albert Park. The steel truss bridge on the old railway line, with the track still in place and a path running beside it, now part of the Rail Corridor.Photo: LN9267 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Swan Lake at Botanic Gardens. Swan Lake in the Singapore Botanic Gardens, with calm green water reflecting the trees along the bank.Photo: wanderingchina · CC BY-SA 3.0
Kerbau Road shophouses at Little India. Pastel-coloured shophouses with arched windows and shutters, and awnings over the shops on the ground floor, in Little India.Photo: Marcin Konsek · CC BY-SA 4.0
Singapore Flyer at Promenade. The Singapore Flyer observation wheel and its capsules seen through green leaves under a partly cloudy sky.Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0
Thian Hock Keng at Telok Ayer. The sweeping tiled roofs of Thian Hock Keng temple, with ornamental ridges above its front hall, seen across Telok Ayer Street.Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sri Krishnan Temple at Bencoolen. The ornate front of Sri Krishnan Temple, with a tiered roof above its arched windows.Photo: Marcin Konsek · CC BY-SA 4.0
Geylang Bahru Market at Geylang Bahru. The striped orange and yellow front of the Block 69 Geylang Bahru Market and Food Centre at night, with people walking past the stalls.Photo: Kbseah · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kampong Ubi Community Centre at Ubi. The tiled roofs of Kampong Ubi Community Centre behind a fence, with apartment blocks rising in the background.Photo: Chainwit · CC BY 4.0
Bedok Reservoir at sunset at Bedok Reservoir. Orange clouds and a blue sky reflected in the water of Bedok Reservoir, with red-leaved trees along the bank and apartment blocks across the water.Photo: Ajarina · CC BY-SA 3.0
Diversity Trail at Tampines Eco Green at Tampines East. A narrow dirt trail crossing a meadow beside a line of logs, with dense forest on the far side of Tampines Eco Green.Photo: Wzhkevin · CC BY-SA 4.0