CR151 - Preview of the CRL trains

 

31 July 2026 - The first two train sets for the Cross Island Line during the unveiling ceremony
at the Singapore Rail Test Centre.

Interior colours chosen from the online poll conducted during the public design consultation.
Cars 1 and 6 will feature light blue, Cars 2 and 5 will feature green & Cars 3 and 4 will feature
dark blue schemes respectively.

Today, SgMC was at the Singapore Rail Test Centre (SRTC). The visit was premised under the pretext of the Transport Minister's visit to view the testing of Cross Island Line (CRL) trains in Singapore. During his opening speech for the visit, the Minister also unveiled the alignment and locations of stations & depot for the final phase of the CRL. There will be a separate post on that. In this post, we'll tackle the things that we're sure you're eagerly awaiting for - the design features of the CRL trains. You may recall that the LTA had solicited for the public's opinion on certain design features for the CRL trains. We're bringing you along on this visit to the trains that were on display in static mode at the SRTC today.

Special thanks to Land Transport Authority (LTA) for the invite.

CRL3 / CR3018 - The future CRL western depot site?

 

25 July 2026 - A view of the contract CR3018 site.

We previously wrote on contract CR3018 for Earthworks and Associated Works at the former site of the Raffles Country Club in Tuas. In our post, we mentioned that the works may potentially be for site preparation of the Cross Island Line (CRL)'s western depot, given that land zoning in the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)'s masterplans have indicated that the site is zoned for use as transport facilities. Other bus-related infrastructure has not taken up such an extensive land space, which might suggest the use of the plot of land as the CRL's western depot. We take a look at the progress of works, given that the contract number for the site begins with the suffix 'CR', typically used on CRL contracts.

CRL1, CPE & CRL2 - Tunneling update for June

January 2026 - Factory Acceptance Test for contract CR203 tunnel boring machines in China.
Source: LinkedIn

June was quite a significant month for the Cross Island Line (CRL)'s tunneling works. Significant progress has been made along Phase 1 and along the Punggol Extension. We take a look at the some of the contracts where tunneling works made progress in the month of June.