Changi Airport Terminal 5 MRT station

TE3x  CR1
Future Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange and terminus
Artist's impression of the future station's platform level [1]
General information
Coordinates	1°20′23″N104°00′36″E / 1.3397141°N 104.0099672°E / 1.3397141; 104.0099672
Owned by	Land Transport Authority
Line(s)	Thomson–East Coast Line   Cross Island Line
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opening	~2040
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station Sungei Bedok towards Woodlands North Thomson–East Coast Line Future service Changi Airport towards Tanah Merah Terminus Cross Island Line Future service Aviation Park towards Jurong Lake District
Location Changi Airport Terminal 5 Changi Airport Terminal 5 station in Singapore

Changi Airport Terminal 5 MRT station is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange and terminal station on the Cross Island Line (CRL) and Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL). It will serve the future Changi Airport Terminal 5.

History

Entrance to Changi Airport T5 site

In July 2016, during the groundbreaking ceremony for the eastern stretch of the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL), then Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan announced the possibility of extending the TEL to Changi Airport, to provide a more direct connection from the airport to the city. The extension will open along with the future Terminal 5 of the airport. ^[2] In March 2017, the Straits Times published an article mentioning the likelihood of the MRT station at Terminal 5 to interchange with the Cross Island line (CRL), though plans for that were yet to be final. ^[3] This was later confirmed by LTA in January 2019, during the announcement of Phase 1 of the CRL, stating that the station code "CR1" will be reserved for a station in Terminal 5. ^[4] Later that year on 25 May, LTA published the Land Transport Masterplan 2040, which confirmed the extension of both lines to the Terminal 5, with plans for the TEL to further extend to the existing Changi Airport MRT station on the East–West line and absorb the Changi Airport branch of that line, which includes Expo and Tanah Merah stations. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

In 2019, contract T316 for the construction of twin bored tunnels from Changi Airport station to Terminal 5 was awarded to Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd for S$321.7 million (US$240.07 million). ^{[8] [9]}

External image
Artist's impression of the TEL Changi T5 station Source: Changi Airport Group

On 14 May 2025, during the groundbreaking of Terminal 5, ^[10] the airport operator Changi Airport Group gave further confirmation of plans to extend the TEL and CRL to the terminal, and the first render of the station design was unveiled. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Details

The station will be built in the Terminal 5 ground transport centre. ^[14] The sculpted columns and ceilings of the future station are designed to evoke rain trees, creating a sense of connection to nature. ^[1]

References

1. "Annex B: Terminal 5 artist impressions" (PDF). Changi Airport Group. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
2. Lim, Adrian (21 July 2016). "Thomson-East Coast Line could be extended to connect to Changi Airport". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 24 June 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
3. Kaur, Karamjit (6 March 2017). "Changi's T5 likely to be served by 2 MRT lines". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
4. Tan, Christopher (25 January 2019). "First phase of Cross Island MRT line finalised; will have 12 stations". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
5. Chong, Aaron (25 May 2019). "New stations, line extensions planned for Singapore's rail network". Channel NewsAsia . Mediacorp. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
6. "New MRT stations, line extensions and a possible new rail line: LTA's 2040 blueprint". TODAYonline. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
7. "Land Transport Master Plan 2040: Bringing Singapore Together | Press Room | Land Transport Authority". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
8. "Contract T316". STECS. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
9. "Contract T316" (PDF). Land Transport Authority . Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
10. Paige Chelvan, Vanessa (14 May 2025). "PM Wong breaks ground on Changi Airport T5; all SIA, Scoot flights will move there when it opens". The Straits Times . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
11. "Fact Sheet: Changi Airport Terminal 5". Changi Airport Group. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
12. Loi, Esther (14 May 2025). "TEL, CRL MRT lines to be extended to serve Changi Airport Terminal 5". The Straits Times . Retrieved 15 May 2025.
13. Ong, Justin (Guang-Xi) (14 May 2025). "Changi Airport's T5 to create jobs, business opportunities for Singaporeans, says PM Wong at groundbreaking". CNA. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
14. Chelvan, Vanessa Paige; Loi, Esther (14 May 2025). "Changi T5 will create new jobs and opportunities for S'poreans: PM Wong at ground-breaking". The Straits Times. Retrieved 14 May 2025.