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| 11 February 2024 - A view of the installed station signage on display. |
As previously mentioned, we're starting our Q1 coverage of the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) phase 4's stations a little earlier than normal so that we can cover the stations ahead of their opening by the first half of 2024. Tanjong Rhu station has seen the station site tidied up and is about ready for opening day with station signage installed.
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| An overview of TEL4 & 5 stations TE23 to TE31 in early-February
2024. Top (L - R): TE23 - Tanjong Rhu, TE24 - Katong Park, TE25 - Tanjong Katong Middle (L - R): TE26 - Marine Parade, TE27 - Marine Terrace, TE28 - Siglap Bottom (L - R): TE29 - Bayshore, TE30 - Bedok South, TE31 - Sungei Bedok |
Last month was pretty busy with getting the year started. As such, we weren't able to do up a Snapshot for January 2024 and that's why we're doing the February one slightly earlier. Without further ado, here's the first consolidated update of the line section since our 2023-year end update!
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| A photo taken with LTA & SMRT senior management at Katong Park station today. Also in view is the updated platform screen door signage with TEL4 & 5 stations. Source: LTA |
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) handed over the 7 new stations along the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL)'s phase 4 to operator Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) earlier today. This is a significant step to rail transit reaching the east coast & Marine Parade, which have long had to live with road-based transport options. The arrival of the MRT line to these neighbourhoods this year may also usher in a period of revitalisation of the town centre and surrounding residential areas.
Phase 4 of the TEL will see service extended from the current southern terminus at Gardens By the Bay to 7 new stations in the east. The new terminus of the line will be Bayshore station for approximately a year, until the line is further extended to Phase 5's Sungei Bedok station. We provide you a run down of the 7 new stations and some analysis of the timeline where the line may open, based on historical records for the line's first few phases' openings.
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| Interior ceiling fins installed. Source: LinkedIn |
Recently one of our followers gave us a heads up on images of cladding being installed at one of the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) stations and asked us if we knew which station this was at. Based on comparisons between the design being built & renders of the stations, a match was found for Bedok South. While the station's fellow east coast stretch sisters are approaching completion and revenue operation this year, the stations under phase 5 of the line still have some way to go.
