P105 - One last look at the Punggol station underpass

 

A map of the Punggol North East Line station. The underpass
runs parallel to the station, below Punggol Central and is located
between exits A & D.
Source: SBS Transit

6 May 2023 - A view of the entry point to the underpass from Exit D.

Part of the underpass will be converted into a new exit for the station.

With works for the Punggol station on the Cross Island Line (CRL) - Punggol Extension (CPE) now underway, the existing underpass at Punggol's North East Line station will close come 15th February 2024. The northern part of the underpass will be converted into Exit 7 of the new CPE station box while the southern part will be permanently closed. In future, Exit 5 will connect to the CPE station's concourse level, providing an alternative to the existing underpass. Currently, a street level pedestrian crossing is available for commuters to cross Punggol Central without going through the paid areas of the station. As the crossing is located underneath the LRT platforms, it is also weather-protected. We take one last look at the underpass before its closure on 15th February 2024.

CR206 - Contract for Maju station awarded

 

A render of the Maju station platform.
Source: LTA

This morning, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced the award of another Cross Island Line (CRL) Phase 2 civil contract to a successful tenderer. The contract, CR206, is for the construction of Maju station and tunnels connecting to King Albert Park station, which will be built under contract CR205. With the award of contract CR206 contractor KTC Civil Engineering & Construction Pte Ltd, a total of 5 civil contracts for CRL2 have since been awarded successfully.

CR205 - New renders

 

A render of a street-level structure featuring a wooden finish.
Source: LinkedIn

Recently the team came across 2 new renders of the Cross Island Line's (CRL) King Albert Park station. The renders show the wooden-like finishings of the street level facilities and allows users a closer look in at the station platform area. These new render images come in addition to 3 other previously released images.

CR202 - update from November 2023

 

November 2023 - A crawler crane on site at the contract CR202 work site for the launch shaft.
Source: Soletanche Bachy

Contract CR202 was the first civil contract awarded for the Cross Island Line (CRL)'s phase 2 section. Continuing off from the terminating point of CRL1 just beyond Bright Hill station, the contract involves the construction of a large diameter single bored tunnel connecting to Turf City station. The contract was awarded to a joint venture between Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co & Obayashi Corp in December 2022, with construction due to have begun in the first half of 2023.

CR111 - Defu year-end update 2023

 

15 June 2023 - A view eastwards along Tampines Road to the station site.

23 December 2023 - A view eastwards from Hougang Rivercourt precinct of the ongoing
diaphragm walling works.

Unfortunately we didn't manage to squeeze in Defu station into our year-end recap for 2023 with the rest of the Cross Island Line (CRL) phase 1 stations. Nonetheless, better late than never, so here's our year-end recap for Defu station. Over 2023, the site was mobilised with road diversions being implemented and a work site created in the road median. The side platform station will sit here and a large diameter single bored tunnel connects the eastern end of the station box to a launch shaft near the end of Paya Lebar Air Base, under contract CR110.

CPE & CRL2 - year-end update 2023

 

The 9 station sites of CPE & CRL2 as of end-2023.

2023 was an eventful year for both the Cross Island Line (CRL)'s Punggol Extension (CPE) & Phase 2 (CRL2) sections with the ground breaking ceremony and contracts being awarded respectively. With the ground breaking ceremony taking place this year, work has began at all 3 station sites under the offshoot branch which connects the main CRL line at Pasir Ris with Punggol - a precursor to the long spoken about Northshore Line which would have eventually connected Punggol and Woodlands. Over at CRL2, contract awarded began, with 3 of the 9  civil contracts awarded through the year. All in all, 2023 has been exciting for the phase 2 stations.

CRL1 year-end update 2023

 

10 stations of the Cross Island Line's phase 1 as at end-2023.
Aviation Park & Defu are not represented in this post.

Sorry this post was a little delayed - got caught up between travelling & work. But we're here and made it to 27th December after all. For this post, we're covering the 10 stations that we have the most pictures of along the Cross Island Line (CRL)'s phase 1. The 2 stations not covered in the post today are Aviation Park and Defu. We may cover them at a later time. Nonetheless, it has been an eventful year for the CRL with the groundbreaking ceremony being held in January 2023. Construction has been well under way at all sites with work in full swing for the construction of the earth retaining & stabilising structures (ERSS). Several intermediate launch shafts have been built as well and excavation commenced at a few sites in particular.

Please be fair warned that this post is a mega-post and extremely photo-heavy. It may suck up a lot of your bandwith after the jump.