The week-long shut down to reconfigure tracks at Tanah Merah station completed a day early last week, allowing for the resumption of train services. With the expanded Tanah Merah station now since reopened for a week, we take a look at the changes made to the station as part of the upgrade.
East Coast Line Construction
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Saturday, December 6, 2025
T315 - Progress of works at Tanah Merah
| 6 December 2025 - An aerial view of the expanded Tanah Merah station with new viaducts visible. |
Works at Tanah Merah station have been ongoing for a week now. These works would facilitate reconfiguration of the tracks along the East-West Line (EWL) to allow eastbound trains to call at a new platform in the expanded station. The new platform would allow for increased frequencies along the Changi Airport Line (CAL), which will be subsumed into the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) in a few years' time.
With publicly accessible vantage points limited, we were only able to catch views of the majority of the works affecting the eastbound tracks although the works also involved the westbound tracks. In view of this, the update mainly focuses on the works affecting the eastbound tracks.
Thursday, November 27, 2025
T315 - A last look at Tanah Merah before transformation
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| A map of the Tanah Merah station, with exits renumbered following the station upgrade. |
You've probably heard all about it by now - East-West Line (EWL), no service, 29th November to 8th December, shuttle buses, alternative routes. Another round of track work modifications are here, to enable the expansion of Tanah Merah station. We're here to repeat most of the information again, but also to add on what may be happening to the best of our knowledge and update the status of works before the big shut down.
Friday, October 31, 2025
TEL5 - A snapshot in October 2025
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| 19 October 2025 - A view of the station name sign at Exit 2 of Bedok South station. |
When it comes to the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL)'s phase 5, it can be said that the line is in the more 'boring' phases. This is due to the construction phase being largely completed, hence there are only minor changes taking place at both stations.
Thursday, October 2, 2025
T315 - A Tanah Merah update in September 2025
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| 29 September 2025 - A view of the new eastbound platform. Noise barrier installation works had recommenced along the track. |
With the official announcement of the Thomson-East Coast Line extension (TELe), we'll now begin coverage of Tanah Merah station on the East Coast Line Construction Blog as well. Works have been underway at Tanah Merah station since 2016 for the reconfiguration of the station to:
- Increase headway/frequency along the Changi Airport Line (CAL); and
- Connect the East-West Line (EWL) & CAL to the new integrated depot.
Saturday, July 26, 2025
TELe - Officially announced
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| Alignment map of the Thomson-East Coast Line Extension (TELe). Source: LTA |
Yesterday, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced a 14km extension to the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL). The extension consists of 1 new station at Changi Terminal 5 and new tunnels of 7.6km that will connect the 6th phase of the line to the existing stations along the Changi Airport Line (CAL). The three existing stations along the 6.4km long CAL will be absorbed into the TEL as well.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
TEL5 - A snapshot in June 2025
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| A view of the two TEL5 stations as of June 2025. |
With half the year since past, how have works on the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL)'s final phase progressed? As the stations have largely been completed, changes these days appear to be more minor in nature as compared to station progress along the Jurong Region Line (JRL) or at Xilin station on the Downtown Line (DTL) for example. Join us as we explore the slight progress seen in the first half of the year after the jump.





