Aviation Park MRT station is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Cross Island line (CRL) located in

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, Singapore, located next to Changi Coast Road and Aviation Park Road. The station will serve the Airport Logistics Park of Singapore,

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Ship Center,

Changi Exhibition Centre The 'Changi Exhibition Centre'(CEC)( Chinese: 樟宜会展中心) is a convention center in Singapore located on a plot of land just beyond the northern edge perimeter fencing of the new Changi Air Base (East). It is the home of the Singapore ...

, Changi Ferry Terminal and

Changi Beach Park Changi Beach Park (Chinese: 樟宜海滨公园, Malay: Taman Pantai Changi, Tamil: சாங்கி கடலோர பூங்கா ) is a beach park located at the northern tip of Changi in the eastern region of Singapore. The 28- hectare ...

. First announced in January 2019, the station will be the terminus for the CRL when it opens in 2030. The CRL could be further extended to

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in the future.

History

On 25 January 2019, the

Land Transport Authority The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Transport of the Government of Singapore. History Incorporation of Land Transport Authority Land Transport Authority (LTA) was established on 1 September 1995, f ...

(LTA) announced that Aviation Park station would be part of the proposed Cross Island line (CRL). The station will be constructed as the eastern terminus of phase 1 & 2, which will consist of 18 stations between this station and

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station. It was expected to be completed in 2029. However, the restrictions imposed on construction works due to the COVID-19 pandemic led to delays and the CRL1 completion date was pushed by one year to 2030. On 8 March 2021, the LTA awarded Contract CR105 to Taisei Corporation – China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited Singapore Branch Joint Venture. The S$356 million (US$ million) contract involved the design and construction of bored tunnels between the Aviation Park and Loyang stations. Construction works for the tunnel started in the second quarter of 2021 and is targeted to be completed by 2030 when CRL1 commences passenger service. For the first time, the LTA used a large-diameter tunnel boring machine to construct a single tunnel with two tracks in it. Another contract for the construction of tunnels between this station and

Changi East Depot Changi East Depot is a future train depot in Changi East, Singapore. At , the at-grade depot will house 70 to 80 trains of the Cross Island line (CRL) fleet. The depot will be located along Aviation Park Road near the Changi Exhibition Centre. ...

was awarded on 16 December 2021 to a joint venture of Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd and LT Sambo Co Ltd (Singapore Branch) at S$780 million (US$ million). The of tunnels are being built underneath Aviation Park Road, with an average depth of . On 8 November 2021, the contract for the design and construction of Aviation Park Station and associated tunnels (Contract CR103) was awarded to Hock Lian Seng Infrastructure Pte Ltd at S$320 million (US$ million). Construction started in the first quarter of 2022, with the station targeted to complete in 2030. Due to the station's proximity to

, construction works have to comply with aviation height restrictions. The soil, largely made of soft marine clay, had to be stabilised using an earth retaining stabilising structure for excavation works. The contract for the design and construction of tunnels between this station and the

was awarded to a joint venture between Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd and LT Sambo Co. Ltd. (Singapore Branch). The S$780 million (US$ million) construction project would involve tunneling up to deep.

References

{{Singapore MRT stations, cross-island=yes Proposed railway stations in Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) stations Railway stations scheduled to open in 2030