The breakthrough ceremony of the 2-kilometer-long tunnel between Cantonment Station and Prince Edward Station was recently held at the Cantonment Station project build by CSCEC. Singaporean Transport Minister S. Iswaran, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister of Finance and National Development Ms. Indranee Thurai Rajah, Commissioner Mr. Ng Lang and Deputy Commissioner Mr. Chua Chong Kheng of Land Transport Authority as well as representatives from CSCEC and China Construction Tunnel Corp., Ltd. attended the ceremony and congratulated on the opening of the tunnel.

The breakthrough ceremony 

The 4-kilometer-long sixth phase of Singapore MRT Circle Line had 3 stations including Keppel, Cantonment and Prince Edward, and the first two were  build by CSCEC. The 3 stations connected the two transfer stations in the south end of the circle line, making it literally a “loop”. As a result, the opening of the tunnel showed the entire breakthrough of the line and also a 55% construction completion of the sixth phase extension line of Singapore MRT Circle Line.

A CSCEC staff sends a stone dug out of the underground diaphragm walls at Cantonment Station to Minister S. Iswaran

When the extension line is put into operation in 2026, the journey from Telok Blangah to Marina Bay could be shortened by 10 minutes.