Contract Awards - Marine Parade

A render of the platform level of Marine Parade station.
Source: Straits Times.

On Friday, the Land Transport Authority announced the first award for contracts to build stations along the East Coast stretch of the Thomson-East Coast Line. Contract T307 was awarded to Samsung C&T and will be completed by 2023 as the first section of the East Coast section goes live.

Contract Awards

Some contracts have been recently awarded as follows in this update:

Civil Defense shelters

Is this logo familiar to you? You may have seen them at some MRT stations on existing lines indicating that these are Civil Defense (CD) shelters.

Source: Singapore Civil Defence Force

T308 - Marine Terrace & T303 - Tanjong Rhu

Last Friday the Land Transport Authority (LTA) released the tender for Marine Terrace station - T308. This tender calls for the construction of Marine Terrace station, associated entrance structures and twin bored tunnels to Siglap station. Part of the station will feature a cut-and-cover subway to two entrances as well as the main line tunnels below.

LTA render of Marine Terrace station

Contract Awards

List of contracts awarded to date

For the East Coast Line, LTA has awarded several tenders ahead of the main construction of the line. The table above summarizes the contracts that have been floated for tender as well as those awarded. Several contracts are currently under tender, such as the contract for T307 - Construction of Marine Parade station & associated tunnels. We will continue updating the table progressively as more tenders are floated and awarded.

T307 - Marine Parade

Today the Land Transport Authority opened the tender for Marine Parade station - Contract T307. The contract is for the construction of Marine Parade station, cut & cover linkway and tunnels towards Marine Terrace station and bored tunnels on both ends of the station. As of now, the tender closes 22nd June.

Line alignment and structure

Recently, we came across some information and would like to present to you a graphic representation of the East Coast Line's alignment. Also provided is information that shows how the line will be built.

Source: LTA
The layout of the East Coast Line alignment. This diagram shows the locations of the stations, launch shafts as well
as areas where there will be cut-and-cover works. The number of TBMs are also indicated as well as locations
of stacked tunnel configurations. In addition, there are 2 temporary staging areas (TSA) that will be used for trackworks.

Also listed below is the full number of contracts and the expected TBM drives from the shaft at Gardens by the Bay East, under the Thomson Line section, to Sungei Bedok station.

Expected tunnel drives under East Coast Line contracts