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).

Soil Investigation: Ang Mo Kio (West) / Teck Ghee

With soil investigation works continuing in the lead up to the confirmation of the Cross Island Line's (CRL) alignment, we've noticed more works on the western side of Ang Mo Kio. As these boreholes are located along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6, which is also the corridor for the North South Expressway (NSE), a bit more time was taken to ensure that the boreholes found were matched to contracts for the CRL.

Spread of soil investigation boreholes along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 as of September 2018.

More details - Punggol & Train configuration

Recently, we came across a video simulation of passenger movement at a future MRT station for the Cross Island Line (CRL) on a transport consultant's website. Vertix Asia Pacific (VertixAP) is a Singapore-based and home-grown transport consultancy firm that has extensive experience in the Asia Pacific region for transportation projects. 

Screenshot from pedestrian mircosimulation video by VertixAP showing CRL platforms.

Soil Investigation: Tampines North

Spread of soil investigation boreholes around Tampines North as of 07 August 2018.

As far back as 2016, boreholes have been spotted in the vicinity of Tampines North area. Additional boreholes have also been noted around Tampines Industrial Avenue 2 with some as recently as May 2018. It is expected that the line will cut through the existing Paya Lebar Air Base to connect to the Defu area which was covered in our previous post.

Soil Investigation: Defu

Soil investigation spread at the area around Defu as of 05 August 2018.

A stretch of yet to be developed land along Tampines Road is zoned to be an industrial area in the future. This extends the Defu industrial area further north, across Sungei Serangoon from Hougang New Town. A string of soil investigations have been noted from as far back as 2017 along the stretch of road leading from Hougang towards the Paya Lebar Air Base. This is anticipated as the Cross Island Line runs eastwards towards Tampines North and eventually Changi Airport.