Thomson–East Coast MRT line

Thomson–East Coast Line
CT251 train at Shenton Way MRT station
Overview
Native name	Malay: Laluan MRT Thomson-Pantai Timur Chinese :汤申-东海岸地铁线 Tamil: தாம்சன் - ஈஸ்ட் கோஸ்ட் எம்ஆர்டி வழி
Status	Operational (Stages 1-3) Under construction (Stages 4-5) Under planning (extension to Changi Airport)
Owner	Land Transport Authority
Locale	Singapore
Termini	Woodlands North Gardens by the Bay Bayshore (2024) Sungei Bedok (2025) Tanah Merah (2040s)
Stations	32 (20 operational, 10 under construction, 2 unopened)
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
Services	1
Operator(s)	SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
Depot(s)	Mandai East Coast (Future)
Rolling stock	Kawasaki–CRRC Qingdao Sifang CT251
Daily ridership	28,517 (July 2020) [1]
History
Planned opening	2024 (Stage 4) 2025 (Stage 5) 2027 (Founders' Memorial MRT station) 2040s (extension to Changi Airport)
Opened	31 January 2020;2 years ago (2020-01-31) (Stage 1) 28 August 2021;16 months ago (2021-08-28) (Stage 2) 13 November 2022;2 months ago (2022-11-13) (Stage 3) [lower-alpha 1] [2]
Technical
Line length	30.4 km (18.9 mi) (Operational) 13.0 km (8.1 mi) (Under construction)
Character	Fully underground [lower-alpha 2] [3]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC   third rail [4]
Operating speed	90 km/h (56 mph)
Route map Legend Johor Bahru–Singapore RTS to Bukit Chagar  RTS   TE1  Woodlands North  NS9  ■ North South Line to Jurong East  TE2  Woodlands  TE3  Woodlands South Mandai Depot  TE4  Springleaf Seletar Expressway  TE5  Lentor  TE6  Mayflower Kallang River  CR13  ■ ← to Jurong Lake District to Aviation Park →  TE7  Bright Hill  TE8  Upper Thomson ■ Circle Line to Dhoby Ghaut  CC17   TE9  Caldecott ■ Circle Line to HarbourFront  TE10  Mount Pleasant Pan Island Expressway  DT10  ■ ← to Bukit Panjang to Expo →  TE11  Stevens  TE12  Napier  TE13  Orchard Boulevard  TE14  Orchard  NS22   TE15  Great World Singapore River  TE16  Havelock Central Expressway  TE17  ■ East West Line to Tuas Link  EW16  Outram Park  NE3  ■ ← to HarbourFront to Punggol →  TE18  Maxwell ■ East West Line to Pasir Ris  TE19  Shenton Way  NS27   CE2  ■ ← to HarbourFront to Stadium → ■ North South Line to Marina South Pier  TE20  Marina Bay  TE21  Marina South  TE22  Gardens by the Bay Marina Reservoir  TE22a  Founders' Memorial East Coast Parkway  TE23  Tanjong Rhu  TE24  Katong Park  TE25  Tanjong Katong  TE26  Marine Parade  TE27  Marine Terrace Siglap Canal  TE28  Siglap  TE29  Bayshore  TE30  Bedok South  TE31  DT37  Sungei Bedok Sungei Bedok East Coast Integrated Depot ■ Downtown Line to Bukit Panjang future extension to Changi Airport T5 This diagram: view talk edit

The Thomson–East Coast Line (TEL) is a medium-capacity Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Singapore. ^[5] Coloured brown on the rail map, it is fully underground. When completed, the line will serve 32 stations over 43 kilometres (27 mi) in length, becoming one of the world's longest driverless rapid transit lines. It runs along a combined north–south and east–west corridor, starting in the north at Woodlands town, passing through Upper Thomson and the towns of Ang Mo Kio and Bishan, before heading south to Orchard Road and Marina Bay, then running eastwards along the east coast through Kallang, Marine Parade and Bedok South, before ending at Upper East Coast.

The line was announced by the Land Transport Authority on 15 August 2014, merging the previously planned Thomson (TSL) and Eastern Region (ERL) lines. By then, construction of the Thomson Line had begun in January 2014. The line is currently being opened in 5 stages, with Stage 1 (from Woodlands North to Woodlands South) opened on 31 January 2020. Stage 2 (from Springleaf to Caldecott) opened on 28 August 2021. ^{[6] [7]} Stage 3 (from Caldecott to Gardens by the Bay) opened on 13 November 2022. ^[8]

In January 2019, an infill station Founders' Memorial station was announced, with the LTA considering to integrate the Changi Airport Branch into the TEL. When fully opened, it is expected to serve about 500,000 commuters daily in the initial years, rising to one million commuters daily in the long term. It is the fourth MRT line to be operated by SMRT Trains Ltd and also the fourth to be completely automated and driverless. The line is currently served by Mandai Depot, with the East Coast Integrated Depot opening in 2025, and services are operated by CT251 trains. ^[9]

New signage was introduced to all the stations along the Thomson-East Coast Line, which will see less text and more illustration instead. Moreover, all the MRT lines are now represented by their initials while the exits are represented numerically. ^[10]

History

Thomson Line

Construction of TEL's Woodlands station in 2017

The Thomson Line was first announced on 25 January 2008. Several architectural and engineering consultancy packages were released in 2010 which indicated an increase in the number of stations from 18 in the initial announcement to the current 22 and length of the line from 27 to 30 km (17 to 19 mi). ^[11]

On 16 June 2011, the Land Transport Authority announced the location of the depot for the line, which was due to begin construction at the end of 2012. It also announced Woodlands as an interchange with the existing North South Line and an additional station located near to Republic Polytechnic. ^[12]

On 29 August 2012, it was announced that the completion of Thomson Line was pushed back to 2019 onwards instead of the indicative timeline of 2018 announced in the Land Transport Masterplan. ^[13]

Construction of the Thomson line began in January 2014. ^[14]

The groundbreaking ceremony took place on 27 June that year at Woodlands. All the working station names were confirmed as the final names except for Sin Ming station which was changed to Bright Hill. ^[15]

Eastern Region Line

Construction site of Marine Parade station in 2022

The Eastern Region Line (ERL) was first announced on 23 October 2001. ^[16] In its preliminary plans, ERL was to have been a 40 kilometre rectangular loop that would complement the existing East West line and enhance inter- and intra-town travelling in the eastern region. It would have looped around the Jalan Besar and East Coast areas, intersecting the Circle Line and other lines along the way, benefiting residents in Tampines, Bedok, Marine Parade, MacPherson and Kaki Bukit. ^[17] The northern part of the Eastern Region Line became the third stage of the Downtown Line. The southern part of the Eastern Region Line became the East Coast stretch of the Thomson-East Coast line. Sungei Bedok would become an interchange between the Downtown and the Thomson-East Coast lines.

On 11 July 2012, Josephine Teo, Minister of State, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Transport, announced that the Land Transport Authority is starting architectural and engineering consultancy studies for the Eastern Region Line, which will eventually connect to the Thomson Line. ^[18]

The director of rail services from the Land Transport Authority, Melvyn Thong, said on 29 May 2013 at the Modern Railways conference that there are plans to extend the Eastern Region Line to the future Changi Airport Terminal 4 which was at that time, set to be ready by 2017 ^[19] but on 1 June that year, the Land Transport Authority clarified that the Eastern Region Line will not provide an MRT link to the planned Terminal 4. ^[20] On 30 August that year, Minister of State for Transport Josephine Teo unveiled plans that it will be linked to the future Changi Airport Terminal 5, a mega terminal, which will be the largest terminal in Singapore upon completion in the 2030s. ^[21]

Merging of Eastern Region Line and Thomson Line

The Eastern Region Line was merged with the Thomson Line on 15 August 2014 to form the Thomson–East Coast Line, extending the project from three to five stages, with nine more stations. ^[5]

The groundbreaking ceremony for the East Coast stretch took place at Marine Parade on 21 July 2016. All the working station names, including Xilin on the Downtown Line extension, were confirmed as the final names except for Amber station which was changed to Tanjong Katong. The authorities are also considering extending the Thomson–East Coast line to all terminals at Changi Airport, including the upcoming Terminal 5, announced Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan. ^{[22] [23]}

Line operations

SMRT Trains Ltd was appointed as the operator of the line on 15 September 2017. ^[24]

On 28 August 2019, the Land Transport Authority awarded several non-fare businesses along the line, with Asiaray Connect awarded an advertising contract and a consortium, made up of SMRT Experience, JR Business Development SEA and Alphaplus Investments appointed to run retail space. This is the first time the LTA outsourced these non-fare businesses. ^[25]

On 19 September that year, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan revealed that the opening of the first stage of the Thomson–East Coast Line from Woodlands North to Woodlands South stations was delayed to January 2020 from the indicative time of 2019 announced earlier, ^[26] subsequently confirmed as 31 January 2020. Self-assistance kiosks were installed at all TEL MRT stations and will be rolled out to all stations. ^{[27] [28]}

On 11 January 2020, SMRT and LTA hosted an open house for the first stage of the line, with the stage opening for revenue service on 31 January 2020. ^[29]

The opening of the second stage was initially delayed to the first quarter of 2021 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic circuit breaker period; the project was subsequently further delayed to the third quarter of 2021. ^{[30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35]}

On 30 April 2021, LTA handed over Stage 2 stations along the line to SMRT to get the section ready for operations. ^[36] On 30 June 2021, Transport Minister S. Iswaran announced that Stage 2 will open on 28 August 2021. ^[7] LTA announced on 13 August 2021 that there would be a virtual open house held from 23 to 27 August 2021 since all physical open houses were disallowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[37]

The second stage of the line, extending the line from Woodlands South to Caldecott, opened on 28 August 2021. ^[38]

On 23 November 2021, LTA announced that Mount Pleasant and Marina South stations will only open when housing developments in these areas are ready, instead of opening as part of Stage 3. ^[39] On 9 March 2022, Transport Minister S Iswaran announced in Parliament that TEL 3 would open in the 2nd half of 2022. ^[40]

On 17 August 2022, LTA handed over Stage 3 stations along the line to SMRT to get the section ready for operations by the end of 2022. ^{[41] [42]}

On 7 October 2022, during a visit to the Outram Park and Maxwell TEL stations, Transport Minister S. Iswaran announced that the third stage of the line will commence operations on 13 November 2022. ^{[43] [44] [8]}

Airport extension

Tanah Merah station, which will be the future terminus of the line when the branch to Changi Airport station is converted to be part of the Thomson-East Coast Line.

On 25 May 2019, LTA confirmed that it will extend the Thomson–East Coast Line from Sungei Bedok to Changi Airport Terminal 5. Construction works to extend the TEL to the existing Changi Airport MRT station, which is a terminal station of the East West MRT line commenced in 2020. The stretch of East West MRT line between Tanah Merah and Changi Airport will be converted to form part of the Thomson–East Coast Line extension. ^{[45] [46]} The extension is expected to begin construction after 2022, ^[47] with train services commencing by 2040.

Network and operations

Geographically accurate map of the Thomson–East Coast MRT line.

Stations

Thomson-East Coast Line stations timeline

Date Opened	Project	Description
31 January 2020	Stage 1	Woodlands North – Woodlands South (3 stations)
28 August 2021	Stage 2	Springleaf – Caldecott (6 stations)
13 November 2022	Stage 3	Stevens – Gardens By The Bay (11 stations)
2024	Stage 4	Tanjong Rhu - Bayshore (7 stations)
2025	Stage 5	Bedok South – Sungei Bedok (2 stations)
In tandem with Founders' Memorial (2027)	Founders' Memorial station	Founders' Memorial station between Gardens by the Bay and Tanjong Rhu
In tandem with Mount Pleasant Housing Estate	Mount Pleasant station	Mount Pleasant station between Caldecott and Stevens
In tandem with Marina South developments	Marina South station	Marina South station between Marina Bay and Gardens by the Bay
By the 2040s	Thomson-East Coast Line Extension	Sungei Bedok – Changi Airport
		Changi Airport – Tanah Merah (Conversion from East-West Line to Thomson-East Coast Line)

Legend

Elevated	Line terminus	Transfer outside paid area
Ground-level	Wheelchair accessible	Bus interchange
Underground	Civil Defence Shelter	Other transportation modes

List

Stage 1 to 3 (Opened, in operation)
Station code	Station name	Images	Interchange; Adjacent transportation	Opening	Cost
TE1 – RTS	Woodlands North		Johor Bahru–Singapore RTS     (2026)	31 January 2020; 3 years ago	S$337 million [lower-alpha 3]
TE2  NS9	Woodlands		North South Line   ―   Woodlands   Woodlands Temporary		S$292 million [lower-alpha 4]
TE3	Woodlands South		—		S$143.7 million [lower-alpha 5]
					S$421.6 million [lower-alpha 6]
TE4	Springleaf			28 August 2021; 1 year ago	S$189.8 million [lower-alpha 7]
					S$383.3 million [lower-alpha 8]
TE5	Lentor				S$247.2 million [lower-alpha 9]
TE6	Mayflower				S$174.3 million [lower-alpha 10]
TE7  CR13	Bright Hill		Cross Island Line   (2030)		S$454.4 million [lower-alpha 11]
TE8	Upper Thomson		—		S$374.0 million [lower-alpha 12]
TE9  CC17	Caldecott		Circle Line		S$284.8 million [lower-alpha 13]
TE11  DT10	Stevens		Downtown Line	13 November 2022; 2 months ago	S$441.0 million [lower-alpha 14]
TE12	Napier		—		S$188.8 million [lower-alpha 15]
TE13	Orchard Boulevard				S$142.5 million [lower-alpha 16]
TE14  NS22	Orchard		North South Line		S$498.3 million [lower-alpha 17]
TE15	Great World		—		S$315.8 million [lower-alpha 18]
TE16	Havelock				S$210.3 million [lower-alpha 19]
TE17  EW16  NE3	Outram Park		East West Line      North East Line		S$300.8 million [lower-alpha 20]
TE18	Maxwell		—		S$221.8 million [lower-alpha 21]
TE19	Shenton Way				S$368 million [lower-alpha 22]
TE20  NS27  CE2	Marina Bay		North South Line      Circle Line		S$425 million [lower-alpha 23]
TE22	Gardens by the Bay		—		S$331.0 million [lower-alpha 24]
Stage 4 (under construction, to be ready by 2024)
TE23	Tanjong Rhu		—	1H 2024; 1 year's time	S$293.9 million [lower-alpha 25]
TE24	Katong Park				S$293.5 million [lower-alpha 26]
TE25	Tanjong Katong				S$145.6 million [lower-alpha 27]
TE26	Marine Parade				S$555.3 million [lower-alpha 28]
TE27	Marine Terrace				S$360.6 million [lower-alpha 29]
TE28	Siglap				S$175.76 million [lower-alpha 30]
TE29	Bayshore				S$295.9 million [lower-alpha 31]
Stage 5 (under construction, to be ready by 2025)
TE30	Bedok South		Bedok South	2025; 2 years' time	S$188.3 million [lower-alpha 32]
TE31  DT37	Sungei Bedok		Downtown Line  (2024)		S$417.5 million [lower-alpha 33]
Founders' Memorial station (under construction, to be ready in 2027)
TE22a	Founders' Memorial		In tandem with Founders' Memorial [48]	2027; 4 years' time	$242.4 million [lower-alpha 34]
Mount Pleasant station (Unopened, to be ready in the future)
TE10	Mount Pleasant		To be opened in tandem with future developments [39] [49] [50] [51]	TBA	S$207.3 million [lower-alpha 35]
Marina South station (Unopened, to be ready in the future)
TE21	Marina South		To be opened in tandem with future developments [52]	TBA	S$488.0 million [lower-alpha 36]
Thomson-East Coast Line extension (The extension will take over the Changi Airport Branch of the East West Line) [53] [46]
TBA			Cross Island Line     Changi Airport Terminal 5	2040; 17 years' time	TBA
TBA	Changi Airport		East West Line     Changi Airport Terminals 1-4  ―   Changi Airport
	Expo		East West Line      Downtown Line
	Tanah Merah		East West Line

Depots

Number	Depot name; Lines	Location	Image	Line-specific stabling capacity	Cost	Opening
1	Mandai	Mandai		90 trains	S$329 million [54] [55] [56]	31 January 2020; 3 years ago
2	East Coast      EWL      DTL	Changi		62 trains	S$1.99 billion [57] [58] [59]	2025; 2 years' time

Technical details

Train control

The Thomson–East Coast Line is equipped with Alstom Urbalis 400 Communications-based train control (CBTC) moving block signalling system with Automatic train control (ATC) under Automatic train operation (ATO) GoA 4 (UTO). ^{[60] [61] [62]} The subsystems consist of Automatic train protection (ATP) to govern train speed, Iconis Automatic Train Supervision (ATS) to track and schedule trains and Smartlock Computer-based interlocking (CBI) system that prevents incorrect signal and track points to be set.

Alstom will also be supplying platform screen doors for the Thomson–East Coast Line. ^[62]

Rolling stock

The first generation of rolling stock being introduced onto the Thomson–East Coast Line is the CT251, built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang in Qingdao, China. The trains are built with 5 doors per side per car similar to that of Hong Kong MTR trains or Type A trains in China, which is the very first in Singapore to have this configuration. They are also completely automated and driverless. The trains are housed at the Mandai Depot and the future East Coast Integrated Depot (shared with the Downtown and the East West lines). ^[63]

See also

• Transport in Singapore

References

1. excluding Mount Pleasant & Marina South
2. until Changi Airport Branch line of EWL merges into TEL
3. Contract T202
4. Contract T203
5. Contract T205
6. Contract T206
7. Contract T207
8. Contract T208
9. Contract T209
10. Contract T210
11. Contract T211
12. Contract T212
13. Contract T213
14. Contract T216
15. Contract T217
16. Contract T218
17. Contract T219
18. Contract T220
19. Contract T221
20. Contract T222
21. Contract T223
22. Contract T225
23. Contract T226
24. Contract T228
25. Contract T303
26. Contract T305
27. Contract T306
28. Contract T307
29. Contract T308
30. Contract T309
31. Contract T310
32. Contract T311
33. Contract T312
34. Contract T302
35. Contract T215
36. Contract T227

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External links

• Media related to Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) Thomson-East Coast Line at Wikimedia Commons
• Thomson–East Coast Line