2 MRT Stations for Upcoming Thomson-East Coast Line 3 To Open at a Later Date

3D Imagery of Mount Pleasant and Marina South MRT stations during construction. (Source: Google)

The Thomson-East Coast Line 3 (TEL3) which comprises 13 stations from Mount Pleasant MRT station to Gardens by the Bay MRT station is scheduled to be opening in 2022.

However, two TEL3 stations will not be opened for passenger service until surrounding developments become ready in the future.

2 MRT Stations for TEL3 To Open at a Later Date

TE 10 Mount Pleasant MRT station

3D Imagery of Mount Pleasant MRT station during its construction works. (Source: Google)

The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) announced on Tuesday (Nov 23) that 5,000 new housing flats will be built over several years at Mount Pleasant, over the site of the present Old Police Academy.

The land parcel – bounded by the Pan Island Expressway, Thomson Road and the Bukit Brown cemetery, is the size of roughly 46 football fields.

It is near the Central Catchment Nature Reserve and the future Mount Pleasant MRT station. The site is currently heavily forested without any immediate surrounding developments.

SLA also announced that the Mount Pleasant MRT station will open in tandem with the new developments, i.e. it will remain closed as the rest of the TEL3 opens in 2022.

TE 21 Marina South MRT station

3D Imagery of Marina South MRT station during its construction works. (Source: Google)

Speaking to The Straits Times on Tuesday (Nov 23), the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said that Marina South MRT station will also open only when surrounding developments are ready.

The present state of land surrounding the Marina South MRT station is bare with minimal developments.

The nearby Marina Bay Cruise Center is dutifully served by the Marina South Pier MRT station on the North-South Line (NSL).

Rail Network Had Dormant MRT Stations in the Past

Woodleigh MRT station platform. (File Photo: SGTrains)

The practice of dormant train stations is not new to the rail network in Singapore.

Woodleigh MRT station on the North East Line (NEL) only opened in 2011 despite being completed in the early 2000s.

This was due to insufficient developments in the vicinity of the station at that time.

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Related Links
Thomson-East Coast Line – SGTrains

External Links
Mount Pleasant, Marina South MRT stations to open in tandem with housing developments – The Straits Times [Accessed 24 Nov 2021]
HDB Unveils Plans for a New Public Housing Estate at Site of Former Police Academy in the Mount Pleasant Area – SLA [Accessed 24 Nov 2021]
Around 5,000 HDB flats to be built in Mount Pleasant; first BTO project for sale within next 5 years – The Straits Times [Accessed 24 Nov 2021]
New HDB estate with 5,000 flats to be built in Mount Pleasant at Old Police Academy site – CNA [Accessed 24 Nov 2021]
汤申—东海岸线第三阶段两个地铁站延迟启用 – Lianhe Zaobao [Accessed 24 Nov 2021]

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Writing by KuHaMoHa; Editing by Loh