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| 24 September 2023 - An overview of the station site at the end of Q3 2023. |
Work over at Choa Chu Kang station has been barreling along with major progress made over the past quarter. Station columns have gone up and the viaduct piers parallel to the North-South Line (NSL) and Bukit Panjang LRT tracks have sprung up with crosshead construction beginning as well. Be warned, this post is going to be a long one and photo-heavy.
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| 16 April 2023 - An aerial view of the station site in early Q2 2023. |
Bukit Batok West has been like the middle child in a family of 3 children - there but sometimes a little overlooked. Contract J108 is for the construction of viaducts and stations JE1, JE2 and JE3 for the Jurong Region Line (JRL). With so much action taking place at Tengah Plantation (JE1) and Tengah Park (JE2), with both stations having visible structures up to the concourse level, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why there hasn't been a lot of coverage of Bukit Batok West. Nonetheless, the sleepy station is finally finding its footing and coming out of its long slumber to show some signs of progress. Do read on to find out more.
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| 16 September 2023 - A view of the work site and the valley through which the line will travel before arriving at the terminus within NTU. |
Contract J115A was the last of the civil contracts for the Jurong Region Line (JRL) to be awarded. As such, construction within the contract is not at such an advanced stage despite being awarded to the same contractor responsible for the neighbouring contract J113 for Nanyang Gateway & Nanyang Crescent station. This is likely due to cost reduction measures which resulted in the contract having to be re-tendered. The original contract J115 had also included works for the remote stabling facility to be constructed next to the Peng Kang Hill station. Under the revised contract J115A only provision stubs will be catered for to connect to such a facility in future.
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| 1 September 2023 - A view of the station site for Nanyang Crescent along Nanyang Avenue, looking eastwards. |
Over the past 9 months since we last updated on the stations at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the various construction sites here have made some significant progress. Contract J113 for the construction of Nanyang Gateway and Nanyang Crescent Jurong Region Line (JRL) stations has seen quick progress with several piers slowly climbing upwards as work progresses within the university. In our previous post, we covered the semi-completed piers near Nanyang Crescent station, thus this post will focus on the sites near to Nanyang Gateway station.
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| 16 September 2023 - A view of one of the approximately 8 piers currently under construction for phase 3 of the Jurong Region Line. |
During our time away from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), work has progressed to the extent that there are now several piers under construction at various stages within contract J113. These represent the first piers of phase 3 of the Jurong Region Line (JRL), which consists of 4 contracts awarded to 3 different sets of contractors. The contractor for all contracts within NTU happen to be the same. As of the time of visit, approximately 8 piers were in progress. The 4 closest to Nanyang Crescent station were at the most advanced stage of construction of the 8, owing to the topography of the area where the pier columns will not be excessively high.
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| Overview of JRL stations JS1 - JS8 as of September 2023. Top (L - R): JS1 - Choa Chu Kang, JS2 - Choa Chu Kang West, JS2A - Forest Hill Middle (L - R): JS3 - Tengah, JS4 - Hong Kah, JS5 - Corporation Bottom (L - R): JS6 - Jurong West, JS7 - Bahar Junction, JS8 - Boon Lay |
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| Overview of JRL stations JW1 - JW2 & JE1 - JE7 as of September 2023. Top (L - R): JW1 - Gek Poh, JW2 - Tawas, JE1 - Tengah Plantation Middle (L - R): JE2 - Tengah Park, JE3 - Bukit Batok West, JE4 - Toh Guan Bottom (L - R): JE5 - Jurong East, JE6 - Jurong Town Hall, JE7 - Pandan Reservoir |
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| Overview of JRL stations JW3 - JW5 & JS9 - JS12 as of September 2023. Top (L - R): Contract J120, Tengah depot, JW3 - Nanyang Gateway Middle (L - R): JW4 - Nanyang Crescent, JW5 - Peng Kang Hill, JS9 - Enterprise, Bottom (L - R): JS10 - Tukang, JS11 - Jurong Hill, JS12 - Jurong Pier |
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| 2 June 2023 - A view of the station construction site. The line will terminate before the two chimney stacks seen in the background. |
As with fellow contract J112 station, Jurong Hill, it has been some time since we updated on the progress here. Nonetheless, here's an update on Jurong Pier station, albeit a bit delayed. To be honest though, there has not been much visible (or exciting) work taking place at the site. Most of the work has been within the station site to get the site prepared and foundation works completed for the station to be built atop later on. This station in particular, will have an exit connected via a subway. It is expected that the said exit will also serve the future Cross Island Line (CRL) station that is anticipated to be built along Jalan Buroh to offer additional connectivity in the form of a transfer point.
There may be potential for a small bus hub to also be located in the vicinity, relieving the existing bus interchanges at Boon Lay and Jurong East of some services and freeing the interchanges up further.
