Clementi pre-construction 2022

2 October 2022 - An aerial view of Clementi Avenue 5, where one of the
station exits will be located near the neighbourhood police post.

Clementi town is currently served by an existing station on the East-West Line and was one of the first towns to be served by the MRT network when it was first built in the 1980's. The town will be served by another line some 4 to 5 decades following the implementation of the original compass line system. As the environment impact studies were only conducted for areas of concern at Clementi Forest (Maju station), Holland Plains (King Albert Park station) & the central catchment nature reserve (Turf City & large diameter bored tunnel to Bright Hill), there are no available maps to show the layout of stations further west. Nonetheless, we have a collection of images taken over the course of 2022 before construction begins.

22 May 2022 - A view of the open-air car park next to the existing station.

22 May 2022 - A view of one of the 3 vacated housing blocks next to the existing station.

22 May 2022 - A view of another vacated housing block. These blocks will be demolished and
the site handed over to the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for construction of the Cross Island
Line (CRL) station.

22 May 2022

22 May 2022 - A view of the existing Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC) along Avenue 5. The
NPC will also be vacated to allow for the construction of Clementi CRL station.

26 June 2022 - One of the peculiarities of the existing Clementi station
is the presence of steps between the concourse level and the linkbridges
connecting to the entrances. We are not sure why the station was designed
this way, as it is the only one with such a design flaw.

26 June 2022 - A view of the open-air carpark whilst still in use.

26 June 2022 - A view of the existing station from the open-air carpark.

26 June 2022 - A view of the station from the junction of Clementi Avenues 3 & 4 with
Commonwealth Avenue West.

26 June 2022 - A view of one of the vacated housing blocks.

2 October 2022 - A view of the Clementi NPC and vacated housing blocks.

2 October 2022 - A view of the Clementi NPC, where a station exit will be sited.

2 October 2022 - Vacated housing blocks.

2 October 2022

2 October 2022

2 October 2022 - An aerial view of the existing station.

2 October 2022

2 October 2022 - The western end of the existing station.

2 October 2022 - A view southwards along Clementi Avenue 4, towards Clementi Avenue 3.

2 October 2022 - A view northwards along Clementi Avenue 4.

2 October 2022 - A view of the greenery next to the open-air carpark, which has since been fenced
off ahead of demolition works of the vacated housing blocks.

2 October 2022 - Existing Exit B with the original beacon type signage.

2 October 2022 - The open-air car park has since been fenced off to allow for the commencement
of demolition works of the vacated housing blocks.

2 October 2022 - The unique design of the existing Clementi station
involved removing the lower part of the viaduct beams to allow for the
linkbridge connection to be placed in.

2 October 2022 - Another view of the peculiar design at the station.

26 June 2022 - A project information board notice at the site of the former ITE College West
(Clementi campus) that will be used to house the Clementi NPC.

The construction of the CRL station will entail the usage of sites currently occupied by the vacated housing blocks & Clementi NPC. With the blocks undergoing demolition by HDB and the Singapore Police Force using the site of the former ITE College West campus at Jalan Lempeng, the sites for the CRL station should be freed up by 2024 for construction commencement. As the contract for construction of the station is already tendered, we can expect that the contract should be awarded towards the end of 2023 or in early 2024.

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