January 17, 2020, 05:57 PM
The second stage of Thomson-East Coast Line will open for revenue service in the later part of 2020.
Giving an update to Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan this afternoon (Jan. 17), the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said that the six new stations of Stage 2 are about 90 per cent completed.
These six stations are Springleaf, Lentor, Mayflower, Bright Hill, Upper Thomson, and Caldecott.
Here are the estates and locales that will be served by these six new stations.
1. Springleaf
If you love Springleaf Prata, Soon Kee Duck Rice, and all the wonderful food establishments that occupy the stretch of shophouses along Upper Thomson Road, you'll be glad to know that these shops are directly outside Springleaf station.
The Springleaf and Thong Soon private estate will also be served by the Springleaf station.
2. Lentor
One of the entrances of Lentor Station. Image via LTA.
Lentor station will have five entrances which will serve residents from the surrounding private estates and condominiums, particularly:
- Thomson Grove condominium
- Calrose condominium
- Far Horizon condominium
- the Lentor private estate
- the future Teachers Estate
3. Mayflower
One of the Mayflower station entrances. Image via LTA.
Mayflower station will have a whopping seven entrances to serve a very densely populated housing estate clustered around Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4, bound by Ang Mo Kio Street 13 and Street 11.
It is also close to the Kebun Baru Community Club, the Kebun Baru Neighbourhood Police Post, and a stone's throw away from Mayflower Primary School.
It is also near the McDonald's at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 and the Mayflower Market and Food Centre.
4. Bright Hill
The interior of Bright Hill station. Image via LTA.
Located directly under Sin Ming Avenue, Bright Hill station will serve a number of residential estates:
- The Gardens at Bishan
- Faber Garden
- Sin Ming Garden
- Fulton private estate
- Inglewood private estate
Ai Tong School, Bishan Park and the Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery are also nearby.
This station will be linked to the future Cross Island Line.
5. Upper Thomson
One of Upper Thomson station's entrance. Image via LTA.
Not too far off from Bright Hill station, Upper Thomson station will bring commuters to a whole stretch of food establishments along Upper Thomson as well as the following places:
- Thomson Plaza
- Thomson View condominium
- Thomson Three condominium
- the Church of the Holy Spirit
- Soo Chow private estate
6. Caldecott
One of Caldecott's entrances. Image via LTA.
The last station of the Thomson-East Coast Line Stage 2 will be an interchange station, connected to the Caldecott station on the Circle Line.
It will serve the Singapore Association of Visually Handicapped, the Lighthouse School, and the Toa Payoh Crescent HDB estate.
It is also a stone's throw away from a row of plant nurseries along Thomson Road.
Further away, the Saint Joseph Institute International and the Ministry of Social and Family Development headquarters can also be accessed from this station.
100,000 households to benefit from stages 1 and 2 of the Thomson-East Coast Line
According to LTA, about 100,000 households will benefit from stages 1 and 2 of the Thomson-East Coast Line as they will be within a 10-minute walk from any of the nine stations.
"These residents will be able to experience travel time savings of up to 50 per cent," said LTA. "For example, a Sin Ming resident travelling to Republic Polytechnic will have his journey time halved, from 50 minutes to 25 minutes."
When fully operational in 2024, the Thomson-East Coast Line is expected to serve approximately 500,000 commuters daily in the initial years, and rising to about one million commuters in the longer term.
Top imagea via LTA.
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