CRL3 - 4 more stations and a depot

 

31 July 2026

Phase 3 of the Cross Island Line (CRL) has been unveiled! The section stretches for 10km and will be served by 4 new stations and 1 additional depot that sits beyond the end of the line. There is no current fixed year - yet - for the section's completion other than a vague late-2030's. Realistically, this should sit about 10 to 11 years from now, putting the line's completion at around 2036 to 2037. Where are the stations? Why are there no names? We tackle these questions and more in this post on the final phase of the CRL. Oh, yes, this final phase also brings the CRL's total length up to 6-7 km.

The not quite full line map of the CRL - missing the Changi Terminal 5 station.
Source: LTA

The full network map when CRL3 is completed. This includes other projects underway, such as
Brickland station, the Downtown Line 2 extension, Jurong Region Line and Thomson-East
Coast Line extension.

CR20 station
Let's tackle the station locations and areas that they serve first. Naturally, phase 3 continues off where phase 2 ends, at the Jurong Lake. Tunnels cross under the Jurong River to reach the CR20 station across the expressway from the southern part of Taman Jurong estate. The estate itself will be served by at least 1 station exit which will be tunneled under the expressway. At the moment, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has avoided unveiling the locations of the station exits, potentially due to design changes that can either add or eliminate exits as the stations enter the final design process.

Location map of CR20 station which would serve residents of Taman Jurong. It would not be
a stretch to call this station Taman Jurong, looking at previous examples like Bendemeer, which
is not even located under Bendemeer Road.
Source: LTA

31 July 2026 - A view of the location of CR20 station during the video played.

CR21 - Jurong Pier
The next station will be located together with the Jurong Region Line (JRL)'s JS12 station, tentatively called Jurong Pier. As the station names for the JRL have yet to be confirmed, there is no official name given to the station as yet as the working names on the JRL were removed. Watch the Transport Minister's speech to find out why LTA no longer provides working names for the stations. The CRL station will be located to the east of the JRL station.

Location map of Jurong Pier station.
Source: LTA

Location of the Jurong Pier station, seen during the event.

CR22 station
The next new station is located some distance away, at the junction of Gul Way and Gul Circle, and is likely to serve the Benoi area. Benoi Road itself is a short drive away from Joo Koon station across the expressway. As this section of Gul Circle is not particularly wide, it is likely that some land acquisition may take place at this location. The press release by LTA and the Singapore Land Authority indicated that 7 industrial properties will be acquired in full and 8 part properties will be acquired as well.

Location map for CR22 station.
Source: LTA

Location as depicted from the video during the event.

CR23 - Gul Circle
The penultimate stop along the line is the western terminus at Gul Circle. Based on the network and line maps, the station symbol indicates that the transfer here is likely to feature a paid connection between the CRL and the East-West Line (EWL). Looking at previous precedence, where station exits have been reconstructed at Pasir Ris and Clementi to facilitate paid transfers, it is not inconceivable that similar works may be undertaken at Gul Circle to allow transfers to be made. Another question that we have seen being asked is that if CRL will be using a separate station building, what are the empty platforms within the EWL Gul Circle station for? These are likely to be for a Tuas South Extension (TSE), which was originally intended to be constructed along with the Tuas West Extension but subsequently deferred to meet demand projections.

Location map of the Gul Circle station for CRL3 - actually located under Gul Circle.
Source: LTA

The location of the station as seen from the video played at the event.

The LTA also released the video that was played during the Minister's visit on YouTube, allowing you to watch the video in higher resolution in the comfort of your home. Do note that the green lines along the streets in the video are not indicative of the tunnel alignments, but represent the pathways that commuters might travel along.

Source: LTA YouTube

We did our best to capture the Minister's speech in full as well, but only managed to get the first approximate 2/3s before our hand unfortunately gave out. This too, just before he spoke about the potential introduction of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems for Tuas South areas, a potential precursor to the TSE of the MRT system.

Source: SGMC YouTube

That about wraps up CRL3 and the event to unveil the final phase of the line. No renders of the stations, location maps showing the number of exits per station nor other information was shown. These are likely to be announced at later stages when the contracts have been successfully awarded due to potential design changes during the detailed design stage, where contractors may propose alternative designs to optimise the station layouts or construction methods.

What we can expect would be for contracts to begin being floated for tender, seeing that LTA would like to kick off construction on this section of the line by next year. This gives the statutory board approximately 18 months to float tenders and award these to contractors. In the mean time, advanced work contracts are already underway for the diversion of utilities and other facilities to prepare for eventual construction. You can expect a few pre-construction posts from us as well, before the heavy work begins to build the stations. Till the next one then, have a great weekend!

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