Xilin MRT station

Future Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore

DT36
Xilin
锡林
சீலின்

Preceding station	Mass Rapid Transit	Following station
Expo towards Bukit Panjang		Downtown Line Future service		Sungei Bedok Terminus

Preceding station

Mass Rapid Transit

Following station

Expo

towards Bukit Panjang

Downtown Line

Future service

Sungei Bedok

Terminus

Location
Xilin Xilin station in Singapore

Location

Xilin

Xilin station in Singapore

History

The extension to the Downtown MRT line was first announced during the revealing of the Land Transport Master Plan 2013 on 17 January 2013. The line will be extended to what was known as the Eastern Region line (presently the Thomson–East Coast MRT line) by 2024, so as to enhance the accessibility between the two rail lines and allow commuters to conveniently make transfers.^[3]

This station was first announced on 15 August 2014 as part of the Downtown line stage 3e, consisting of 2 stations between Xilin and Sungei Bedok, and was expected to be completed in 2024 in tandem with the adjacent East Coast Integrated Depot.^[4] Contract T313 for the design and construction of Xilin Station and associated tunnels was awarded to Samsung C&T Corporation for S$834 million on 21 March 2016.^[5]^[6]^[7] To facilitate the construction of the station, part of Changi South Avenue 3 between Xilin Avenue and Changi South Avenue 2 will be temporarily closed to traffic from 31 January 2017.^[8]

Due to challenges of tunnelling near existing critical infrastructure, the station's construction was further delayed to 2026.^[9]

References

^ "LTA | News Room | News Releases | Finalised Station Names for Thomson-East Coast Line (East Coast Stretch) and Downtown Line 3 Extension". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Stages of Thomson-East Coast Line". Land Transport Authority. 15 August 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
^ "TWO NEW RAIL LINES AND THREE NEW EXTENSIONS TO EXPAND RAIL NETWORK BY 2030". Land Transport Authority. 17 January 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
^ "Joint News Release by the Land Transport Authority & Singapore Land Authority - Thomson-East Coast Line: New MRT Links In The East". Land Transport Authority. 15 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014.
^ "LTA Awards Contract to Build World's First Four-In-One Depot". Land Transport Authority. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
^ "Samsung C&T Advances Singapore Urbanization - Samsung C&T Newsroom". news.samsungcnt.com. 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
^ "Making the impossible possible: Singapore T313 Subway Project - Samsung C&T Newsroom". news.samsungcnt.com. 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
^ "ROAD CLOSURE BETWEEN XILIN AVENUE AND CHANGI SOUTH AVENUE 2". Land Transport Authority. 25 January 2017. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
^ Loi, Esther; William, Whitney (10 March 2024). "Delayed opening of TEL Stage 5 irks some residents; others resigned to the longer wait". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 May 2024.