Punggol Coast MRT station


Punggol Coast MRT station is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the North East line in Punggol, Singapore. Once completed, it will replace Punggol as the line's northern terminus.
The station will serve a mixed-use area in Punggol North which is slated to be an "enterprise district" called . PDD is slated to be completed from 2023, and will house digital and cyber-security industries, as well as the new Singapore Institute of Technology campus. It will also serve as the closest station to Coney Island.

History

Planning

On 17 January 2013, then Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew announced that the North East line will be extended northwards to Punggol North station, serving as the future northern terminus of the North East line. To coincide with the development of Punggol North and the new Punggol Downtown, the station will be constructed in tandem and with expected completion in 2030.
On 7 June 2017, Second Minister for Transport Ng Chee Meng announced that the single station extension will open in 2023, 7 years ahead of the original completion date of 2030. The station was renamed Punggol Coast station. The extension will span 1.6 km and will serve the future Punggol North area, including the Punggol Digital District.
Tenders for the construction of NELe tunnels, station and construction works were called in June 2017. The Contract 715 for the design and construction of Punggol Coast Station and associated tunnels was awarded to China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited at a sum of S$79 million on December 2017. Construction will start in 2017, with completion in 2023.