Beauty World MRT station
DTL · DT5
Beauty World station in detail
Beauty World takes its name from a 1950s amusement park that once stood here, long gone but the name has stuck to the neighbourhood ever since. Two ageing shopping centres — Beauty World Centre and Beauty World Plaza — sit right at the exits, packed with tailors, hardware stores and some of the best-value hawker food in the Bukit Timah area. It is also the closest MRT station to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve: one exit leads onto Upper Bukit Timah Road, across a pedestrian bridge and up Hindhede Road to the reserve entrance, a walk of around 10-12 minutes. A new integrated development, The Reserve Residences, has added a mall, hotel and bus interchange directly above the station, changing the skyline here considerably in the last few years.
What is around Beauty World?
Connections from this station
Fares and travel times from Beauty World
| To | Distance | Adult fare | Before 07:45 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhoby Ghaut | 11.3 km | S$1.94 | S$1.44 |
| City Hall | 12.6 km | S$1.98 | S$1.48 |
| Raffles Place | 13.2 km | S$2.02 | S$1.52 |
| Orchard | 9.3 km | S$1.86 | S$1.36 |
| Jurong East | 4.8 km | S$1.49 | S$0.99 |
| Changi Airport | 29.6 km | S$2.46 | S$1.96 |
| Bayfront | 14.2 km | S$2.07 | S$1.57 |
| HarbourFront | 12.3 km | S$1.98 | S$1.48 |
Indicative distance-based card fares. Tap in before 07:45 on a weekday and 50 cents comes off any fare. Work out an exact route in the route planner.
Facilities at Beauty World
If you're heading up to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, go early — the main trail up Bukit Timah Hill gets busy on weekend mornings and the park's own car park fills fast, but walking in from the MRT avoids that queue entirely.
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Beauty World — frequently asked questions
Yes. It’s roughly a 10-12 minute walk via a pedestrian bridge over Upper Bukit Timah Road and then Hindhede Road to the main entrance — the shortest MRT-to-trailhead walk on the Downtown Line.
It was a popular amusement park that operated here from the 1950s until it closed decades ago. The park itself is long gone, but the name was carried over to the neighbourhood and, eventually, the MRT station.
The Reserve Residences, an integrated development combining a shopping mall, a hotel and a new bus interchange, all built directly over the station concourse.
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