(TE26) Marine Parade MRT Station Construction Progress (May 2024) - Contract T307 Samsung C&T Corp

Filmed on 5 May 2024
Time of recording: 1751hrs
Line: Thomson-East Coast Line
Station: (TE26) Marine Parade
Stage: Thomson-East Coast Line 4
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Marine Parade Station is built underneath Marine Parade Road, next to Parkway Parade, bringing rail connectivity to the Marine Parade town centre area.
The station’s underground passages stretch from Parkway Parade to the junction of Still Road South. Developments in the vicinity include Parkway Parade, Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel, iMall, Marine Parade Promenade, Marine Parade Community Building, as well as many other condominiums and HDB residential estates.
The station was originally targeted for completion and opening in Year 2023. However, it was delayed till 2024 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
First / Last Train Timings
Thomson-East Coast Line - (TE26) Marine Parade
DestinationFirst TrainLast TrainWeekdays & SatSun & Public HolidaysDailyTE1 Woodlands North: Station and Train Testing --TE29 Bayshore: Station and Train Testing
Station Layout
L1) Street level, Bus stops, Taxi stand, pick-up/drop-off point
B1) Linkway: 24-hour linkway between Exits 1 & 2 / Exits 4 & 6
Bicycle Parking: Underground Bicycle Parking
Ticket Concourse: Faregates, Ticketing Service Kiosks, Passenger Service Centre, Retail Shops
B2) Platform A - Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE29 Bayshore
Platform B - Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE1 Woodlands North
Platforms
Thomson-East Coast Line (B2):
Platform A: Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE29 Bayshore via TE27 Marine Terrace (→)
Platform B: Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE1 Woodlands North via TE25 Tanjong Katong (←)
Marine Parade station has two platforms in an island platform arrangement.
Linkway
Two 24-hour underground linkways will be accessible even after train operating hours:
Linkway between Exit 2 near Brooke Road / Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel and Exit 1 near Marine Parade Central / Parkway Centre
Linkway between Exit 6 near Blocks 72 & 74 Marine Parade Road and Exit 4 near Sea Avenue / Marine Parade Road Park
Underground Bicycle Parking
An underground bicycle parking space with 364 lots will be provided as part of the Marine Parade MRT Station, located at Exit 2. Two lifts directly connect the parking space with the street level.
Civil Defence shelter
Marine Parade station is one of seven stations along the Thomson-East Coast Line (East Coast stretch) designated as Civil Defence (CD) shelters, which will be activated in times of national emergency. Apart from reinforced construction, the stations are designed and equipped with facilities to ensure the shelter environment is tolerable for all shelterees during shelter occupation. These facilities include protective blast doors, decontamination facilities, ventilation systems, power and water supply systems and a dry toilet system.
The other CD shelters are Tanjong Rhu, Marine Terrace, Siglap, Bedok South, Bayshore and Sungei Bedok stations.
Art in Transit: “WALK” by Ang Sookoon
Exits
Marine Parade MRT station has six exits leading to ground level. More details will be confirmed closer to the opening of the station.
Lifts directly connect the underground parking space with street level at Exit 2.
Exit, Location, Nearby, ------------------
Construction Trivia
Contract T307 for the Construction of Marine Parade Station and Tunnels for Thomson-East Coast Line was awarded to Samsung C&T Corporation at a contract sum of S$555.3 million in November 2015.
Samsung C&T Corporation is an established contractor in Korea, which had completed several infrastructure and building projects in Korea and overseas, including Singapore. It was previously involved in the construction of North-South Line Marina South Pier station and Downtown Line 1 Telok Ayer station. They were also involved in the construction of Downtown Line 3 Expo and Tampines East stations, as well as TEL Caldecott station that interchanges with the Circle Line.