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T312 - 2022 year-end update

 

An aerial view of the station site.
Source: iridium_hexafluoride

The second station on the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) phase 5 and the first station on the Downtown Line (DTL) stage 3 extension is an integrated stacked interchange station. The upper platform will house the TEL trains while the DTL will take up the lower platform level. Work at the station has progressed a bit since our last visit round. Although we do not have pictures this round, back-filling has begun as casting for the roof slab of the station has been completed. Work at the exits is continuing as well.

T311 - 2022 year-end update

16 December 2022 - A view of the station with Temasek Secondary School
in the foreground and the east coast in the background.

 

16 December 2022 - An aerial view of the eastern side of the site.

Bedok South is the first of 2 stations located along the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) phase 5. Due to the station being located on an undeveloped plot of land, it was possible to use an open-cut to construct the station. Furthermore, this also allowed for the use of pre-fabricated segments to help speed up the construction process. The station has been fully back-filled over with different exits in differing levels of completion. 

T310 - 2022 Year end update

 

3 December 2022 - A view of the future road through Bayshore estate. Exits 4 and 5 flank the road.

3 December 2022 - Exit 2 of Bayshore station.

Bayshore is the last station on the phase 4 of the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) and will be the terminus for roughly a year before phase 5 becomes operational. Built with a future residential estate in mind, the station will feature 5 exits sporting a signature wooden-inspired wrap-around design unique to the station. Several of the exits have the metal frame already up with roofing works underway whilst others are in the early stages of having the framing set in place. Exit 3 remains the sole exit that does not have any framing being installed yet.

T309 - 2022 Year end update

 

21 November 2022 - A view westwards along Marine Parade Road.

Contract T309 involved the construction of Siglap station underneath the eastern end of Marine Parade Road and did not include the construction of any tunnel segment. Due to site constraints, there was no space to locate launch or retrieval shafts for tunnel boring machines here hence excavation for the station was restricted to the station box structure only. Furthermore, as the top-down method of construction was used, once the roof slab was constructed there was little further disturbance to the area. As a result, the road here has more or less been realigned into its final configuration - far ahead of most other stations along the sector.

T308 - 2022 Year end update

 

25 November 2022 - Exit B along Marine Parade Road.

25 November 2022 - Exit A which will be the station's main exit.

All the exits at Marine Terrace station have now had their concrete structures cast. Work has progressed onto the installation of the metal frames for the roof portions. Escalators also appear to have been installed at most of the exits at the station.

T307 - 2022 Year end update

 

21 November 2022 - Exit A along Marine Parade Road, opposite Parkway
Parade shopping mall just outside Roxy Square.

25 November 2022 - Exit C next to Parkway Centre.

3 December 2022 - Exit B located at the junction of Marine Parade &
Joo Chiat Roads.

Marine Parade station is located right at the heart of the busy neighbourhood and right next to Parkway Parade mall. Directly abutting the station is a cripple siding which will also serve as an underground commercial linkway. Shops are envisioned to be leased out here offering benefits to users as they commute from the station to their destinations. In addition to the commercial linkway, we also understand that as the Marine Parade Community Club (CC) undergoes refurbishment, a new exit via the basement will be constructed to allow for visitors to connect directly to the MRT station. This exit will likely open in the future once the CC is reopened after reconstruction.