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.

CRL1 - Detailed station location maps

During the ministerial visit and announcement at Bright Hill station for Cross Island Line stage 1 (CRL1) this morning, there were no exhibits showing the detailed station location maps for each of the 12 stations along the announced section. Additionally, the Land Transport Authority does not appear to have released such maps either. Instead, we have noted various Members of Parliament have been posting these on their social media platforms. Do have a look at some of the more detailed station location plans we've found and we will continually update on any new maps as we come across them.

Edit @ 1634pm - Defu, Serangoon North & Tavistock station location maps added.

Edit @ 0953am on 26 Jan 19 - Aviation Park, Hougang, Ang Mo Kio, Teck Ghee & Bright Hill station location maps added.

Aviation Park station location map.
Source: LTA

CRL1 announced

The Land Transport Authority announced the station locations for Cross Island Line stage 1 (CRL1) this morning at a site visit by Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan to Bright Hill station. This will be the location of stage 1's western terminus.

Do stay tuned as the official press release becomes available later this afternoon.

Speculated station locations

After collating all the sightings of soil investigation works, we can finally compile a list of probable station locations for the Cross Island Line eastern (CRLe) section. Knowing that the line stretches from Changi to Bright Hill, here's our list of the speculated stations.

Speculated alignment of CRLe

Credit: y2koh

Soil Investigation: Serangoon North

The final location of noted soil investigation activities is at Serangoon North. Intense works have been conducted in 2018 along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 stretching to Hougang Avenue 2, where the line is likely to swing north under Hougang Avenue 8.

Soil investigation borehole spread showing locations at Serangoon North/Hougang West in relation to Tavistock as of
07 January 2018.

Soil Investigation: Tavistock / Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 2

We will soon be concluding our coverage of soil investigations along the Cross Island Line East (CRLe) section. However, till then, there are another 2 sites at which we have noted intense soil investigation works. One of these is at a location which we're referring to as Tavistock, which is located near Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 2 and north of Serangoon Gardens.

Spread of soil investigations at Tavistock/Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 2 as of 07.01.2019.

Renders - Indicative of station locations

Recently, we came across a few renders for stations along the Cross Island Line (CRL) and Jurong Region Line (JRL - you can view these here). Two of these show Ang Mo Kio station and potentially how it integrates with the existing North South Line (NSL) station.

A render showing Ang Mo Kio station at Street level.
Source: LinkedIn

Further information - Construction firsts

While casually surfing the internet to look for more details on the Cross Island Line's (CRL), we came across an interview with Henry Foo, a director on the Thomson-East Coast Line with the Land Transport Authority (LTA). Portions of his interview gave light on potential construction firsts for the local rail scene in Singapore.

Source: Asia Pacific Rail

Soil Investigation: Sin Ming / Bright Hill

To start off, we'd like to wish all our readers a Happy New Year and may 2019 hold the best in store for you. Likewise, to start the year off on a good note, we'll be looking soil investigation works at the Cross Island Line's (CRL) eastern phase's western terminus - Bright Hill station on the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL).