CR203 - Contract for Turf City station awarded

One of the station's exits.
Image: LTA

 Today, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced the award of contract CR203 for the design & construction of Turf City station and associated tunnels connecting to King Albert Park station. The contract was won by a joint venture between Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (STEC) & Obayashi Corporation. The joint venture had also previously won adjacent contract CR202 for the construction of a large diameter, single bored tunnel underneath the Central Catchment Nature Reserve that connects Turf City station to Bright Hill station under phase 1 of the line.

CR206 - Contract for Maju station awarded

 

A render of the Maju station platform.
Source: LTA

This morning, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced the award of another Cross Island Line (CRL) Phase 2 civil contract to a successful tenderer. The contract, CR206, is for the construction of Maju station and tunnels connecting to King Albert Park station, which will be built under contract CR205. With the award of contract CR206 contractor KTC Civil Engineering & Construction Pte Ltd, a total of 5 civil contracts for CRL2 have since been awarded successfully.

CRL2 - Contract award for CR209

 

A render of one of the station exits - likely Exit 2.
Source: LTA

A render of the station's interior.
Source: LTA

Today, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced the award of contract CR209 for the construction of West Coast station & associated tunnels under the Cross Island Line phase 2. Contract CR209 is the fourth contract under phase 2 to be awarded - the other contract being contract CR202 for the large diameter tunnel through the Central Catchment Nature Reserve and contracts CR205 and CR208 for the construction of King Albert Park and Clementi interchange stations only respectively.

CRL2 - Contract awards for CR205 & CR208

 

A view of the CRL platform at King Albert Park station.
Source: LTA

The second phase of the Cross Island Line (CRL) achieved a milestone today with the award of 2 contracts - CR205 & CR208. The contracts are for the design & construction of King Albert Park and Clementi interchange stations respectively.

CR151 - Contract awarded for 44 electric trains

 

Render of the CR151 train awarded to CRRC Qingdao Sifang.
Source: LTA

Today, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced the award of contract CR151 for 44 train sets to CRRC Qingdao Sifang. The contract also includes an option to purchase 11 further train sets. Initially formed of 6 carriages, the trains can be further lengthened to 8 carriages in the future. Here are some of the features unique to the Cross Island Line (CRL) trains:

• Starting capacity with 6-cars per train set
• Future scalability to 8-cars per train set
• Powered via an overhead catenary rail (OCR) - essentially a third rail but affixed to the tunnel roof and capable of transmitting higher voltage
• Wider carriage-to-carriage gangways than available on currently existing trains at 1.6m instead of 1.4m

We had previously posted an image from a presentation showing the large diameter single bored tunnel which showed the inclusion of OCR support equipment within the tunnel. In addition, early renders of the Changi East depot also showed the presence of OCR masts within the depot area.

Contract award - CR116

Render of Ang Mo Kio interchange's Cross Island Line platforms.
Source: LTA

Today the Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded contract CR116 for the construction of Ang Mo Kio interchange station and associated tunnels. Contract CR116's award is the fifth for the Cross Island Line, following awards for contracts CR105 (Large diameter tunnel between Aviation Park & Loyang), CR112 (Hougang interchange), CR108 (Pasir Ris interchange) and CR101 (Changi East depot). 

Contract awards - CR105 & CR112

 

A render of Hougang interchange showing the paid transfer link's bank of escalators connecting to the North East Line on the left. The concourse extends towards the existing Exit A at the Hougang Bus Interchange.
Source: LTA

Over the last few weeks, the first of the civil contracts for the Cross Island Line (CRL) have begun to be awarded. On 8 March 2021, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded contract CR105 for the construction of a large-diamater single bore tunnel between Aviation Park and Loyang stations to a join venture between Taisei Corporation and China State Construction Engineering Corporation. This was followed by the award of contract CR112 for the construction of Hougang interchange station and connecting tunnels on 26 March 2021 to Samsung C&T.

Contract awards - N109A for Teck Ghee station

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced yesterday the award of contract N109A for the construction of a portion of the North South Corridor project which includes the construction of Teck Ghee station.

Boundaries of contract N109A.
Source: LTA

Contract N109A is the first Cross Island Line (CRL)-related contract to be awarded, primarily as the construction of the station facilities has been bundled with the contract for the expressway. The successful bidder for this contract is Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (STEC), who have completed multiple other rail infrastructure projects locally, including Newton, Promenade and Gul Circle stations. From the station outline, it can be expected that there would be approximately 4 to 6 entrances serving the HDB blocks and Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park.