23 June 2024 - An aerial view to the north of the Maju station site. 23 June 2024 - An aerial view to the south of the Maju station site. Contract CR206 was the fifth civil contract awarded for the Cross Island Line (CRL)'s phase 2 following the contracts for the large diameter single bored tunnel through the nature reserve, King Albert Park, Clementi & West Coast stations. The award of the contract was announced in end-January this year, with works expected to commence in Q2 of the year. The site has been used thus far for contract CR2016, which is an advanced wo ..read more

Overview of CRL1 stations CR4 – CR11 as at June 2024. Top (L - R): CR4 – Pasir Ris East, CR5/CP1 – Pasir Ris, CR6 – Tampines North Middle (L - R): Contract CR110 TBM, CR7 – Defu, CR8 – Hougang Bottom (L - R): CR9 – Serangoon North, CR10 – Tavistock, CR11 – Ang Mo Kio Overview of CRL1 stations CR12 – CR13, CPE stations CP2 – CP4 & CRL2 stations CR16 – CR18 as at June 2024. Top (L - R): CR12 – Teck Ghee, CR13 – Bright Hill, CP2 – Elias Middle (L - R): CP3 – Ri ..read more

  16 June 2024 - An aerial view of the station site currently occupied by the former Tanglin Secondary School buildings. Contract CR209 for the construction of West Coast station and tunnels connecting to Clementi station was the fourth civil contract awarded for phase 2 of the Cross Island Line (CRL2), following the awards for the large diameter single bored tunnel across the Central Catchment Nature Reserve (contract CR202), King Albert Park station (contract CR205) and Clementi station (contract CR208). Together with the latter two, work was anticipated to begin in Q1 2024. Th ..read more

  20 June 2024 - A view eastwards of the site stretching up to Eunoia Junior College. It's about the middle of 2024 already. With time ticking away, we'd thought we'd bring you up to speed on the Cross Island Line (CRL)'s Bright Hill station progress for the first half of the year, combining the updates for both Q1 and Q2 into a single post. Somehow looking at the pictures, we think that would give us some more things to talk about than if the quarterly updates were done individually. Western end of siteAt the western end of the site, works are concentrated on the mainline tunne ..read more

  15 June 2024 - A photo of the dignitaries in front of the eastbound tunnel boring machine. Source: LinkedIn Talk about being at the right place at the right time - yesterday the Land Transport Authority (LTA) together with contractor China Communications Construction Co (CCCC) held a launch ceremony to kick off tunneling works for the contract. The name of at least one tunnel boring machine (TBM) was unveiled - Hua Mulan. TBM Hua Mulan will begin boring the westbound (Tuas-bound) tunnel for the line from Tampines North station towards Pasir Ris station from the northern launch ..read more

21 March 2024 - A view of the Exit 1 site at the heart of Serangoon North neighbourhood.  Probably the biggest changes at Serangoon North's work site for the Cross Island Line (CRL) phase 1 over the first quarter has been the road realignment and the completion of diaphragm wall works for Exit 2 of the station. The road realignment took place at the traffic junction between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and Serangoon North Avenues 1 & 3, pushing the roads further towards the southern edge of the work site. Exit 1The main exit for the station that opens up to the Serangoon North town c ..read more

Overview of CRL1 stations CR4 - CR7 as at May 2024. Top (L - R): CR4 - Pasir Ris East, CR5/CP1 - Pasir Ris Bottom (L - R): CR6 - Tampines North, CR7 - Defu Overview of CRL1 stations CR8 - CR11 as at May 2024. Top (L - R): CR8 - Hougang, CR9 - Serangoon North Bottom (L - R): CR10 – Tavistock, CR11 – Ang Mo Kio Overview of CRL1 stations CR12, CR13, CR15 & CR17 as at May 2024. Top (L - R): CR12 - Teck Ghee, CR13 - Bright Hill Bottom (L - R): CR15 - King Albert Park, CR17 - Clementi Another week, and another month goes by. We're now clearly heading towar ..read more

  21 March 2024 - An aerial view of Ang Mo Kio station's paid transfer link, Exit 2 & 6's worksite next to the existing North-South Line station. Q1 of 2024 has seen work at Ang Mo Kio station ramping up ahead of more modifications to the existing North-South Line (NSL) station. Diaphragm wall construction work has commenced near the existing NSL station as well, ahead of the planned switch over to diaphragm wall construction along the northern side of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 in the later half of the year. Scan the QR code to view the CR116 Telegram channel. Recently, t ..read more

  21 March 2024 - An aerial view of the main station area, where Exits 1 and 4 will be located. Life kind of caught up to us in Q1, so similar to Tampines North and Pasir Ris East, we only managed to catch Teck Ghee in March 2024. Contract N109A is primarily for the construction of the North South Expressway (NSE) tunnels with the Cross Island Line (CRL) Teck Ghee station added on beneath. As such, the impact at the work site is much greater than that at other station sites due to the cut & cover nature of the expressway's construction. Work at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Ave ..read more

One of the station's exits. Image: LTA  Today, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced the award of contract CR203 for the design & construction of Turf City station and associated tunnels connecting to King Albert Park station. The contract was won by a joint venture between Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (STEC) & Obayashi Corporation. The joint venture had also previously won adjacent contract CR202 for the construction of a large diameter, single bored tunnel underneath the Central Catchment Nature Reserve that connects Turf City station to Bright Hill station und ..read more