CR108 - New flythrough by LTA

 

A previously released render of Pasir Ris station.
Source: Aurecon

Today, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) released a new flythrough render of the Pasir Ris Cross Island Line (CRL) station. The flythrough video shows how the station's exits will be located conveniently around the residential neighbourhoods as well as how the new station will connect to the existing East-West Line (EWL) station. Notably, there will be 2 connections - similar to that on the EWL and Circle Line (CCL) at Paya Lebar. Unfortunately though, transfer connections at this station require more level changes than at Paya Lebar due to the deeper CRL station.

CR112 - Site preparation progress

 

4 November 2021 - Northern site

Contract CR112 for the construction of Hougang interchange was one of the first awarded contracts on the Cross Island Line (CRL). Successful bidder Samsung C&T won the contract and has been busy preparing the site for eventual construction.

CRL Construction blog is expanding

 

A happy Saturday to all readers! We are happy to announce that we will be expanding our reach on a new platform that will allow us to provide more bite-sized, visual-driven chunks as a complement to fuller, meatier blog posts. 

Don't worry - We will still be updating the blogs. Our new platform is an extension of the blog, allowing us to provide quicker updates as and when we have information to share - even when the content may not constitute a full blog post. What's more, unlike our blogs, the new platform will go beyond specific lines to encompass updates across all upcoming and existing lines.

Blogs will continue to provide more detailed news, construction and speculative writeups, as and when information on works and/or new sections of the lines become available. 

As always, feel free to alert us of any developments by sharing photos, videos, writeups, and any other content. It is tough for us to be everywhere all at once, so we welcome tip offs, and will credit you for the material if we do put it up. 

We are excited for the upcoming expansion and can't wait for you to journey with us. Stay tuned for the unveiling, and watch this space for further updates!

CRL2 - Pre-qualification begins

 

Screen capture of pre-qualification for CRL2 contracts

Pre-qualification for 8 contracts along the Cross Island Line (CRL) phase 2 has begun. Details of the pre-qualification for the contracts was released on 31 May 2022. With an expected closure date of 28 June 2022, it is highly likely that the stations along this section of the line will be officially announced this year.

CR108 - Viaduct protection works

 

24 April 2022 - Viaduct protection works at Jurong East

According to a new circular seen, viaduct protection works are to be carried out at both ends of Pasir Ris East-West Line station from 17 May 2022. These will help to facilitate the platform extension works in preparation for converting the station into an interchange with paid links from platform level to the transfer level of the upcoming Cross Island Line station.

N109A - New video on construction works

 

15 April 2022 - An aerial view looking southwards of the contract N109A site.

Last week, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) released a video on the construction works on-going for Teck Ghee MRT station. Works at Teck Ghee have been going-on for some time now owing to the complexity of the site due to the Cross Island Line (CRL) station being co-located underneath the upcoming North South Expressway tunnels. As such, construction works for the station were tendered under the North South Corridor project as opposed to being awarded with the rest of the CRL contracts. Consequentially, the works have progressed the furthest along as well. However, as the video for Teck Ghee station was uploaded on the same day as another video featuring Ang Mo Kio station, most viewers seem to have missed out on this video in particular.

Pasir Ris - upcoming works

 

An overview of construction progress of CRL1 stations as at 15 April 2022.

2022 has been a busy year as all the civil contracts (stations, tunnels & associated infrastructure to run the trains) have been awarded. In total, there were 16 contracts awarded - the first being contract CR105 for the large diameter single bore tunnel between Aviation Park & Loyang stations (08 March 2021) and the latest being contract CR117 for the construction of Bright Hill interchange (30 March 2022). In view that the awarding of contracts took the span of a year to complete, various station sites are at various stages of works.