$1.15b worth of contracts awarded for Thomson, Eastern Region lines

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded civil as well as electrical and mechanical contracts for the Thomson and Eastern Region Lines with a total value of nearly S$1.15 billion.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded civil as well as electrical and mechanical contracts for the Thomson and Eastern Region Lines with a total value of nearly S$1.15 billion.

The contracts include the construction of Mt Pleasant, Stevens and Maxwell stations; and communications system, signalling system and platform screen doors for the two MRT lines.

The construction of Mt Pleasant station and its associated tunnels has been awarded to the RSEA Engineering Corporation - Eng Lee Engineering - Wai Fong Construction joint venture at a contract sum of approximately S$207 million.

Together with Woodlands, Lentor, Mayflower and Sin Ming stations announced earlier, Mt Pleasant station will serve as the fifth civil defence shelter along the Thomson Line.

The contract for the construction of Stevens station and its associated tunnels has been awarded to Daewoo Engineering & Construction for a contract sum of approximatelyS$441 million.

Stevens station will be an interchange station connecting the Thomson Line with Downtown Line, allowing commuters to enjoy connectivity between the Thomson and Bukit Timah corridors.

The construction of Maxwell station has been awarded to Hock Lian Seng Infrastructure at a contract sum of approximately S$222 million.

Construction for all three stations will commence in the second quarter of 2014 and be completed by 2021.

The contract for the provision of signalling system and platform screen doors has been awarded to GE Singapore/GE Transportation Systems S.p.A/GE Transportation France SNC/GE Transportation Systems Global Signaling LLC Consortium (GE) at approximately S$159 million.

This contract includes design, manufacturing, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of the signalling system and platform screen doors for the entire Thomson and Eastern Region Lines.

The contract for the provision of the communications system has been awarded to Singapore Technologies Electronics. The approximate value awarded for this contract is S$124 million.

The communications system for the Thomson and Eastern Region Lines comprises many sub-systems such as the communications backbone network, digital trunked radio, video surveillance, public address, telephone and travel information systems.

LTA said a reliable communications system is especially critical for the safe and efficient operation of a fully automated, driverless system.

STE is also currently involved in the Downtown Line, Tuas West Extension and Marina South Pier projects.

The 30-km long Thomson Line will enhance rail connectivity in the north-south corridors to the Central Business District (CBD) and developments in the Marina Bay area.

Fully underground, Thomson Line comprises 22 stations, including six interchange stations: Woodlands, Caldecott, Stevens, Orchard, Outram Park and Marina Bay.

These interchange stations will link to the North-South-East-West Line (NSEWL), Downtown Line (DTL), North East Line (NEL) and Circle Line (CCL), providing greater accessibility and significantly improve travel time for commuters.

The Eastern Region Line will run together with the Thomson Line as one line.

LTA said more details of the Eastern Region Line will be announced when ready.

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