The Cross Island Line, announced in Jan 2013, is a 50km MRT line stretching from Pasir Ris in the north-east to Jurong in the west. According to URA Master Plan 2014, the line will link a fast-growing residential district in the north-east to Singapore’s largest industrial hub in the west. As it goes westwards, it will pass through Loyang, Punggol, Hougang and Ang Mo Kio before reaching Sin Ming. From there, it will go towards Bukit Timah, Clementi and West Coast before terminating at the Jurong Industrial Estate. Besides linking residents to jobs, the line will serve the upcoming “creative cluster and learning corridor” in Punggol, which will include the Singapore Institute of Technology’s new campus. The line is also part of an overall strategy to build some redundancy into the rail network to mitigate the impact of disruptions. The Cross Island Line is also likely to stop at the proposed terminus of the KL-Singapore high-speed rail line in Jurong East.... Continue Reading