Single MRT line to link East Coast to Woodlands

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By 2024, residents living along the island’s east coast can take a continuous MRT ride to the Central Business District or up north to places such as Woodlands, without having to switch trains or hop onto buses.

Yesterday, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced that the Thomson Line and the Eastern Region Line will be renamed as a single line — the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL).

It also gave details of the alignment of the nine-station eastern stretch, which will run from Sungei Bedok to Tanjong Rhu and include places such as Katong Park, Siglap and Bayshore.

Construction will start in 2016. Of the nine stations, seven are targeted for opening by 2023, while the Bedok South and Sungei Bedok Stations are slated for operations a year later.

The 31-station TEL is budgeted to cost about S$24 billion. Consisting of seven interchanges, the line is expected to serve half a million commuters daily in the initial years and up to twice the figure in the longer term.