This will be the eighth MRT line in Singapore spanning 29 kilometres with 12 MRT stations. The CRL line will connect Changi, Loyang, Pasir Ris, Hougang, Ang Mo Kio, Bukit Timah, Clementi, West Coast and Jurong Industrial Estate. Recently, Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has granted a civil contract for the design and construction of the Pasir Ris interchange station to a joint venture (JV). The construction will commence in Q4 2021.
The joint venture, comprising the Singapore branch of Dongah Geological Engineering and South Korea-based Daewoo Engineering and Construction has been award a $980 million contract by LTA for the outline and construction of the Pasir Ris interchange station and tunnels. Daewoo Engineering and Construction is currently working on the Stevens station and tunnels for the Thomson-East Coast Line. Dongah Geological Engineering's Singapore branch is working on the construction of the Great World station and tunnels for the same MRT line. Once the passenger service starts in 2030, the CRL line will serve at least 600,000 in the initial years and more than 1 million in the longer term.
“This contract covers the design and construction of Pasir Ris interchange station and tunnels, as well as addition and alteration works to the existing Pasir Ris station along the East-West Line (EWL),” said LTA.
When the construction of the Cross Island Line (CRL) is completed, more than 100,000 households will benefit from the new stations. Commuters will be able to save 20 minutes of travel time from Pasir Ris to Defu industrial estate. The CRL line will be fully underground with half of the stations serving as interchanges with other MRT lines. Commuters can easily and conveniently change MRT lines for a shorter traveling time.
Earlier this month, LTA handed over 6 Thomson-East Coast stations to SMRT Trains. SMRT will authenticate the functional readiness of TEL stations as well as to conduct emergency preparedness exercises. LTA and SMRT worked together to build Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) stations, trains, Operations Control Centre (OCC), as well as Mandai Depot (MDD) with sustainability in mind. Ong Ye Kung (Minister for Transport), Ng Lang (CEO of LTA), Neo Kian Hong (SMRT CEO), and Henri Poupart-Lafarge (CEO of Alstom) attended the opening ceremony of Thomson-East Coast Stage 2.
Recently, LTA also awarded two civil contracts with a combined value of $392.51m ($526m) for the construction of four Jurong Region Line (JRL) stations and their viaducts.
Conclusion
Singapore’s land transport system is growing and improving to serve commuters in a better way. As part of LTA’s vision to expand rail infrastructure to 360km by 2030, the Cross Island Line will make commuting more efficient and shorter for more than 100,000 households. The construction work on Pasir Ris Interchange along Cross Island Line will start in Q4 2021. The passenger service is expected to start in 2030.
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Jonathan Williams
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