CRL1 & CPE - Official Telegram Channels

 

Telegram groups have become the new means through which the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has digitised its outreach to stakeholders with new rail projects. The messaging platform has been used as a uni-directional channel through which circulars and updates on the various construction contracts are pushed out to residents, businesses and commuters in the area where construction works are taking place. The first wide-spread adoption was undertaken by the Circle Line Stage 6 (CCL6) project and subsequently adopted by the Jurong Region Line (JRL) as well. It appears that the Cross Island Line (CRL) is using this as well. We attempt to consolidate the links for you to join the Telegram channels as well, which have been rolled out for CRL1 and CPE sections, for which all civil contracts have been awarded thus far. It is assumed that the same will follow for CRL2 once the contracts have been awarded and for CRL3 in due time as well.

Contract	Location	Status
CR101	Changi East Depot	Nil
CR102	Tunnels	Nil
CR103	Aviation Park station	Dormant
CR105	Large diameter bored tunnel CR103 to CR105	Nil
CR106	Loyang station	Dormant
CR107	Pasir Ris East station	Active, unable to link
CR108	Pasir Ris (Central) station	Active
CR109	Tampines North station	Active
CR110	Large diameter bored tunnel CR109 to CR111	Nil
CR111	Defu station	Active
CR112	Hougang station	Active
CR113	Serangoon North station	Active
CR115	Tavistock station	Active, unable to link
CR116	Ang Mo Kio station	Nil
N109A	Teck Ghee station & North South Corridor	Nil
CR117	Bright Hill station	Active
P102	Elias station	Active
P103	Riviera station	Active, unable to link
P105	Punggol station	Active

Contract CR103 - Aviation Park station (Dormant)
We have found a Telegram channel for Aviation Park station. However, no content has ever been uploaded to the channel. Additionally, we are unable to tell if this is an official channel set up by the LTA & Contractor.

QR code for Aviation Park station Telegram channel.

Contract CR106 - Loyang station (Dormant)
We have found a Telegram channel for Loyang station, tunnels & portion of Loyang viaduct above the station. However, no content has ever been uploaded apart from a render as the display picture.

Render from Telegram channel display picture.

QR code for Loyang station Telegram channel. 

Contract CR108 - Pasir Ris station
Unlike the above 2 Telegram channels, we have been able to verify that the below channels are indeed legitimate & somewhat active. There may be a higher chance that our Blog, Instagram & Facebook pages may feature updates before the Telegram channel does. But doesn't hurt to have more sources of information now, does it?

QR code for Pasir Ris station Telegram channel. 

Contract CR109 - Tampines North station
Similar to the Telegram channel for Pasir Ris (Central) station, we have verified that this channel is legitimate and also somewhat active. You'll note that the QR code for this channel differs in design from the others - this is because the channel is not set up with a quick shareable link that comes in the form of a QR code, unlike the other channels thus far. SgMC took the liberty to find a way to enable easy sharing for your convenience, generating a QR code that can be scanned to bring you directly to the channel.

QR code to access the CR109 Telegram channel. Not all the channels have
provided shareable links within, hence we had to generate QR codes of our
own for the various channels to enable us to share the links with you.

Contract CR111 - Defu station

Render used for Telegram channel display
picture - it is rather blurry.

QR code to access contract CR111's Telegram channel.

Contract CR112 - Hougang station

Render used for the channel's display picture.

QR code for Hougang station Telegram channel. 

Contract CR113 - Serangoon North station

A previously released render of the station's exit 4 - the Telegram channel does not use any
display picture.

QR code for accessing contract CR113's Telegram channel.

Contract CR117 - Bright Hill station

Render used as the channel's display picture.

QR code for accessing contract CR117's Telegram channel.

Contract P102 - Elias station

Render used as the channel's display picture.

QR code for Elias station Telegram channel.

Contract P105 - Punggol station

Render used as the channel's display picture.

QR code for Punggol station Telegram channel.

As per the summary table at the beginning of the post, we have gone through to search the global availability of the contract numbers, station names and other combinations to check if there are any Telegram channels created for the various stations. There are several channels where the QR codes are unavailable and we do not have the links to generate QR codes for easy scanning either. However, you may decide to search for these channels on Telegram instead:

CRL-Pasir Ris East station = Contract CR107 Telegram channel name

CRL-Tavistock station = Contract CR115 Telegram channel name

CPe Riviera station & tunnel _ P103 = Contract P103 Telegram channel name

We hope that the above helps in getting you the relevant information on the various contracts through official means, especially if you stay around the upcoming stations.

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