DE1 MRT station
DE1
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Site of the future station across the canal | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 1°23′59″N 103°45′09″E / 1.3996°N 103.7526°E | ||||||||||
| System | Future Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Land Transport Authority | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opening | 2035 | ||||||||||
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A currently unnamed underground Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore, coded as DE1, was announced on 6 January 2025. Located in Sungei Kadut, it will serve the Downtown Line (DTL) upon its expected opening in 2035.
History
Planning
The concept of a northern DTL extension to the North–South Line was first touted in the Land Transport Authority's Land Transport Master Plan (LTMP) 2040.[1] Opening by 2035, the station was officially announced alongside Sungei Kadut MRT station on 6 January 2025.[2] With no working name announced, the station is codenamed DE1. It is part of a 4-kilometre extension of the DTL from Bukit Panjang MRT/LRT station, with construction set to begin in the fourth quarter of 2025.
A vehicular and pedestrian bridge will be built to link DE1 to Choa Chu Kang North 7 and Woodlands Road. The station will also be accessible via an additional pedestrian overhead bridge to Yew Tee and cycling paths.[3]
Construction
On 15 January 2026, contract 991 for tunnelling works between DE1 and Sungei Kadut stations was awarded to a joint venture between Woh Hup Engineering Pte Ltd and Underground Technology Engineering Construction Pte Ltd, at a sum of S$326 million (US$243.97 million).[4] Contract 992 for the design and construction of the station was awarded to Woh Hup Engineering the following month, at a sum of S$285 million (US$213.29 million). The contract also includes the construction of the vehicular and pedestrian bridges over Pang Sua Canal.[5] The final contract, contract 993 for tunnelling works between Bukit Panjang and DE1 stations, was awarded in March to China Railway Tunnel Group Co. Ltd, at a sum of S$199 million (US$148.93 million).[6][7] Originally scheduled to begin by end-2025,[3] construction of the station will instead start in the second quarter of 2026, with completion in 2035.
References
- ^ Chong, Aaron (25 May 2019). "New stations, line extensions planned for Singapore's rail network". CNA. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "LTA | Three New Stations to Connect Downtown Line to North–South Line". Land Transport Authority. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ a b Ong, Justin (6 January 2025). "Three new MRT stations to link Downtown Line from Bukit Panjang to North–South Line by 2035". CNA. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "LTA Awards First Civil Contract for the Downtown Line 2 Extension". Land Transport Authority. 15 January 2026. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ Hamzah, Aqil (19 February 2026). "Contracts worth $735m to build MRT stations for DTL extension awarded; work to start in Q2". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- ^ Gupta, Shikhar (16 March 2026). "LTA awards S$199 million Downtown Line 2 contract to China Railway Tunnel Group". The Business Times. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "LTA Awards Final Civil Contract for the Downtown Line 2 Extension". Land Transport Authority. 16 March 2026. Archived from the original on 16 March 2026. Retrieved 16 March 2026.