LTA awards $1.3b worth of contracts for Thomson Line stations

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The country’s sixth mass rapid transit and fourth fully automated system is well on its way, and the LTA yesterday awarded four civil contracts worth a total of S$ 1.3 billion for Thomson Line’s new stations.

The Orchard Boulevard station will be constructed by the KTC Civil Engineering & Construction Pte Ltd. It has a contract sum of approximately S$143 million.

The Great World station and its associated tunnels are to be built by Tiong Seng Contractor (Pte) Ltd – Dongah Geological Engineering Co., Ltd (Singapore Branch) Joint Venture for a contract sum of approximately S$316 million.

Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd, a Korean company, was awarded the construction of Outram Park station (T222) and its associated tunnels at a contract sum of approximately S$301 million.

The biggest project of the lot is Shenton Park StatLion and its associated tunnels. It has a contract sum of S$368 million and was awarded to Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co., Ltd.

Here’s more from LTA:

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.

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