History
Thomson Line was first announced on 25 January 2008. Several architectural and engineering consultancy packages have been released in 2010 which indicated an increase in the number of stations from 18 in the initial announcement to 23 and length of the line from 27-km to 30-km.
On 16 June 2011, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced the location of the depot for the line, due to begin construction at the end of 2012. It also announced Woodlands as an interchange with the existing North South Line and an additional station located near to Republic Polytechnic. This northern terminus would also house the Johor Bahru RTS link.
On 11 July 2012, a speech by Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister of State, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Transport, at Downtown Line 3 (DTL3) Tunelling Works Ceremony, mentioned that LTA are in the final stages of the advance engineering study for the Thomson Line, and will announce the alignment and stations in the next few months. Thomson Line, officially, will connect with the Eastern Region Line.
Quoted from a speech by Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Transport, at the inspection of Downtown Line 1 station and announcement of Thomson Line alignment at Telok Ayer on 29 August 2012, that Thomson Line will be ready from 2019 onwards instead of the indicative timeline of 2018 announced in the Land Transport Masterplan (LTMP). Thomson Line also will be opening progressively in three stages from the north to the south — the first phase in 2019, the second phase in 2020, and the entire line by 2021.
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