Five contracts worth nearly $1.15 billion have been awarded for the upcoming Thomson Line (TSL) and Eastern Region Line (ERL).
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) selected American conglomerate GE to provide the signalling system and platform screen doors for both lines in a $159 million deal.
Singapore Technologies Electronics (STE) won a $124 million contract to provide the communications systems for both lines.
This includes various sub-systems such as video surveillance and travel information systems. STE is also involved in the Downtown Line and Tuas West Extension projects.
The 30km TSL will be ready in phases from 2019 to 2021. It will join the ERL at the Gardens by the Bay station.
Asked why the LTA bought ERL systems before announcing the detailed alignment, its spokesman said: "As the ERL will run as a single line together with the TSL when it is operational, LTA has aggregated the purchase of the electrical systems of both MRT lines to reap economies of scale."
Separately, the LTA also awarded three civil contracts for the Thomson Line.
A joint venture by RSEA Engineering Corporation, Eng Lee Engineering and Wai Fong Construction will build Mount Pleasant station and its tunnels for $207 million.
This station will serve as the fifth Civil Defence shelter along the Thomson Line, together with Woodlands, Lentor, Mayflower and Sin Ming stations.
Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co will build Stevens station and its tunnels for about $441 million. The firm has built numerous subways and high-speed railroad projects in South Korea.
The LTA also awarded a $222 million contract to construct Maxwell station to Hock Lian Seng Infrastructure, which is working on the Downtown Line's Gali Batu Depot.
Construction for all three stations will commence in the second quarter of this year and be completed by 2021.
To date, the LTA has awarded 18 civil contracts worth about a combined $5.3 billion for the Thomson Line.
This article was published on April 22 in The Straits Times.
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