Tender & Pre-Qualification - Contact J101

The first contract for the Jurong Region Line (JRL) has been floated for tender & pre-qualification. Tendering for contract J101, for the construction of Tengah JRL depot and facilities, will tentatively close on 07 January 2019 barring any extensions.

The delivery date for this contract is 30 December 2025. This is indicative that phase 1 of the JRL, from Choa Chu Kang to Boon Lay and Tawas stations, will likely commence operations in the first quarter of 2026.

Official route & stations

Jurong Region Line initial system map.
Source: Land Transport Authority

This morning the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced the official stations and route for the Jurong Region Line (JRL). As reflected in our new logo, the route is to be coloured teal. As previously mentioned in our final prediction post, two stations will be deferred and the remainder of stations will be built and opened over 3 separate phases.

Overlay of officially released Jurong Region Line initial system map against geographic map.
Credits: y2koh

Projected timeline

Recently, we came across some new information on the expected timeline for the line and contract tender and award.

Source: LTA

Based on this, we can presume that the stations will be announced sometime between 2017 and 2018.

Source: HDB

Source: HDB

Additionally, these two documents from HDB show an indicative corridor for the JRL's 2001-era plan. The plot for the JRL depot may still be located at the same area as in the plans shown above.