February 2019 - Keppel station progress

Contract 882 is for the construction of Keppel station and tunnels for Circle Line stage 6. The assigned contractor is a joint venture between China State Construction Engineering Co (CSCEC) & Nishimatsu. Both contractors in this joint venture have been involved in MRT construction locally before with projects on the Downtown and Circle Lines.

11 February 2019 - Project details on a signboard near one of the site access gates.

Circle Line 6 Project Information Centre

Recently Minister for Transport Mr. Khaw Boon Wan shared a post introducing the Circle Line 6 Project Information Centre (PIC) which was officially opened. The Project Information Centre is located along Spottiswoode Road in front of the former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station and is open to the public on a walk-in basis, unlike some other centres which require prior bookings and arrangements (for example the Thomson-East Coast Line stage 3 PIC at Orchard station).

The Circle Line 6 Project Information Centre.

Pre-qualification

Pre-qualification for Circle Line stage 6 civil contracts by LTA

On Monday, the Land Transport Authority released the pre-qualification tender for 5 civil contracts for the construction of Circle Line stage 6. The 5 contracts involve the construction of the Kim Chuan depot extension and Keppel, Cantonment and Prince Edward stations along with the connecting tunnel structures.

Stations revealed

Rail System Map with included Circle Line stage 6.
Source - LTA

Last week the Ministry of transport revealed the final locations of the 3 stations that made up Circle Line stage 6. The three stations are tentatively called Keppel, Cantonment and Prince Edward for their proximity to roads with the same names.

CCL6 Route and Station Predictions

It has been a year since Stage 4 and 5 of TEL was announced. Judging by annual schedules of LTA events and the looming deadline of the completion of several MRT lines and extensions by 2025, we expect that CCL6 will be announced in August or September this year. Like what we have done for TSL (later renamed as TEL Stage 1-3) and TEL Stage 4-5, here are our predictions for CCL6.

Overall CCL6 Route Map

Stage 6 stations?

This afternoon we came across a page showing some competition entries for Circle Line stations. These were dated to 2013, and we aren't exactly sure of where these stations are meant to be. At a first glance, they seemed potentially to be renders of designs for the initial Circle Line which was completed in 2011. But take a closer look at the station names.

Source: Architects 61

Projected timeline

Recently, we received some new information on the expected timeline of the project. Based on this, we expect that this line may have an early announcement and will slowly be developed over the course of a few years.

2015 - Station locations announced
2016 - Tenders called for construction
2017 - Demolition, diversion and utility works
2018 - Construction begins in earnest
2025 - Commissioning and full operation

Source: LTA