J109 - Pandan Reservoir year-end update

 

18 December 2022 - A view of the first viaduct pier in the vicinity near the new junction of Teban
Gardens, Jurong Town Hall Road & Pandan Gardens.

Pandan Reservoir is the last stop of phase 2 of the Jurong Region Line (JRL). Progress here has come some way along with the first viaduct pier now visible on site. Come 8th January 2023, the junction of Teban Gardens & Jurong Town Hall Road will be shifted further north to form a cross-junction with Pandan Gardens. Preparatory work is currently underway to shift the junction & extend the existing alignment of Teban Gardens to facilitate station works.

J109 - Jurong Town Hall year-end update

18 December 2022 - A view of the station site with rebar for the station structure visible.

 The base of Jurong Town Hall station is beginning to take shape with the footings now becoming visible. The station will sit on the side table of the road and have an elevated concourse level that will be linked to further exits across the road by an overhead bridge. With this, the platforms will be located at level 3 of the station structure.

J109 - Toh Guan year-end update

 

18 December 2022 - A view southwards to Jurong East station. The contract J109 work site will
extend all the way to the Jurong East junction where the contract splits to allow work under
contracts J120 and J110. It then resumes along Jurong Town Hall Road.

18 December 2022 - An aerial view of the station site along Jurong East
Central.

Toh Guan is the first of 3 stations to be built under contract J109. This contract in particular is a little peculiar, being split in the middle with contracts J120 and J110 for the construction of the Jurong East integrated transport hub & Jurong East interchange station respectively. Not entirely sure why the contract was packaged this way, but we're here for updates anyway. A recent road diversion in November has now paved the way for work on station foundations to commence once the former roadway can be cleared.

J108 - Bukit Batok West year-end update

 

11 December 2022 - A view westwards of the station site.

Bukit Batok West station is the third station to be built under contract J108. Located next to the Pan Island Expressway (PIE), the station has seen slower progress compared to its sister stations Tengah Park and Tengah Plantation. Nonetheless the site has been cleared and piling works have commenced at the station site. A new, temporary ramp is being constructed to allow for the demolition of the existing ramp to facilitate construction works.

J108 - Tengah Plantation & Park year-end review

 

11 December 2022 - An overview of Tengah Plantation station.

11 December 2022 - An overview of Tengah Park station.

Contract J108 is for the construction of 3 stations on the Jurong Region Line (JRL), however we will only be covering the 2 stations within Tengah for this contract in this post. No worries, the next station will be covered in the following post so no losing out there. While contract J108 may fall under the second phase of the line, works at this contract are progressing at lightning speed.

J107 - Tawas year-end update

 

16 December 2022 - A view of the Tawas station site.

26 June 2021 -  A similar view of the station site a year ago.

Whilst progress at Tawas station is slower than sister station Gek Poh being built under the same contract, there have been significant changes to the site. Station piers are now clearly visible and have been cast to the concourse level height. However, there are still no viaduct piers visible in the area. Nonetheless, when compared with images from a year prior, there has been significant change from the empty vacant land that was there formerly.

J107 - Gek Poh year-end update

 

16 December 2022 - An aerial view of the viaduct piers looking north.

Gek Poh may be a small sleepy suburb within Jurong West, but the progress of construction at the station site here is hardly anything to snooze at. Piers for both the viaduct and station have sprung up and are continuing to make progress ahead of viaduct construction work that is likely to commence next year.

J106 - Boon Lay year-end update

 

16 December 2022 - An aerial view of the station site with the protected train viaducts visible.

16 December 2022 - Caisson construction work taking place.

Boon Lay station site is one that has undergone tremendous transformation over the course of the year. Traffic diversions have been implemented to allow for construction to take place over the location of the former roadway as there would not have been sufficient space to keep the roadway operational while works are carried out. The station itself will be an engineering feat, with the platforms elevated 2 stories above the existing East-West Line (EWL) tracks. To ensure that train services on the EWL are not disrupted, temporary protective enclosures have been progressively installed on the viaduct of the operational train line.

J105 - Bahar Junction year-end update

 

17 November 2022 - An aerial view of the station at the junction of
Jurong West Avenues 2 and 4 & Jurong West Streets 64 and 75.

Bahar Junction is a complicated station through and through. No aspect of it is easy - be it at either the construction or revenue operations stages being one of the first T-junction stations on a single service. The site is labyrinth of road diversions, lane re-markings and construction. Most of the works are focused on utility diversion and station foundation works. Up to recently, there were no signs of any station supporting piers.

J105 - Jurong West year-end update

 

16 December 2022 - A view of the station support piers coming up in the road median.

Station support piers are now visible in the road median at Jurong West station. These piers will enable the concourse level to be elevated above the roadway below. Similar to Corporation station to the east, we expect that crossheads may be constructed next to allow precast beams to be laid, forming the concourse slab level.

J103 - Corporation year-end update

 

16 December 2022

Within contract J103, Corporation station has the most easily visible progress. Since our last visit, the station support piers have been cast at the western end. Work is progressing with piling at the eastern section of the site.

J103 - Hong Kah year-end update

 

27 November 2022 - An overview of the Hong Kah station site.

Progress at Hong Kah station has been somewhat slow, hence it may not be immediately apparent how far along the station has come in its construction. This is especially so when the piers under construction in neighbouring contract J102 loom over, with a launch gantry to construct the viaduct already locked into position. For this post, we'll be posting photos that allow you to compare the progress made all the way from April this year.

J102 - Choa Chu Kang West year-end update

 

10 December 2022

2 December 2022 - Auger machine creating bored foundation piles.

The stretch along Choa Chu Kang Avenue 3 has been fully diverted allowing for construction works to commence in the road median. As such, foundation works are taking place along the entire stretch of roadway. Several auger machines are dotted throughout the work site to commence bored piling for the pier foundation piles.

J110/J120 - Jurong East year-end update

 

2 December 2022 - A view of the new covered linkway connecting to
Jurong East Central town centre.

2 December 2022 - A view of the contract J110 construction site.

The area around Jurong East station is vastly different from how it used to look years ago. Especially in recent years, the area has transformed once again. The most recent addition being a new covered walkway linking from the southern end of the existing station concourse, towards the JCube & Jurong East Central town centre. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) & contract J110 contractor - Daewoo-YongNam joint venture - announced on Monday that from 18th December 2022, the existing escalator and staircase leading to Exit A at the station will be closed. Instead, a new stairway will connect from the southern side of the unpaid concourse to link commuters accessing JCube & the Jurong East Central town centre.

J102 - Choa Chu Kang year-end update

 

10 December 2022 - An overview of the Choa Chu Kang station site.

The construction of Choa Chu Kang station involves the building of 2 new island platforms to serve the existing North-South Line (NSL) and the new Jurong Region Line (JRL). Work is underway to form the base of the station, which is likely to be one of the few 2-level stations sitting on the ground for the JRL. Most of the JRL stations will feature 2 levels, however the concourse levels should be elevated off street level necessitating the extra footing work before work can begin on the station levels proper.