Singapore’s Tunnelling (in the news)
- 0707/2025 – Construction starts on Cross Island Line Phase 2; 6 MRT stations in S’pore’s west ready by 2032
- 07/07/2025 – Work commences on Cross Island Line Phase 2
- 16/06/2025 – Japanese-Singapore team to build tunnels under Changi T5
- 14/05/2025 – Pigorini voted ITA President – Singapore to host WTC 2028
- 15/11/2024 – LTA awards $562m contract for MRT station, tunnels; extension to benefit over 40,000 households
- 16/08/2024 – LTA awards contracts worth $599m for Cross Island Line tunnels and power supply system
- 13/08/2024 – Tunnelling routes safely: How ‘mechanical earthworms’ help engineers create better rail connectivity
- 31/07/2024 – KTC wins another Cross Island Line Phase 2 contract
- 29/07/2024 – Connecting two MRT lines: The challenge of building a linkway beneath a train station in Orchard
- 15/07/2024 – CREG Slurry TBM with double-shell shield ready for Singapore CR116 Metro Project
- 15/07/2024 – CREG Slurry TBM Ready for Singapore CR116 Metro Project
- 21/06/2024 – We are not done expanding the rail network,’ says PM Wong at opening of Thomson-East Coast Line Stage 4
- 21/06/2024 – Singapore awards further tunnelling contracts for Cross Island Line
- 19/06/2024 – LTA Awards Further Cross Island Line Contract
- 19/06/2024 – LTA awards Japanese joint venture $242m contract to build tunnels for Cross Island Line
- 28/05/2024 – Singapore LTA Awards Cross Island Line Phase 2 Contract
- 28/05/2024 – LTA awards $530m contract for Cross Island Line’s Turf City station; work to start in Q3 2024
- 22/05/2024 – Tunnelling through crowded areas, how engineers navigated constraints to build 7 new Thomson-East Coast Line stations
- 22/05/2024 – TEL Stage 4: The challenge of building an MRT tunnel close to the KPE
- 21/04/2024 – 2.5km underground link to be built between Changi Airport T2 and future T5
- 01/02/2024 – Contract Awarded for CRL2’S Maju Station and Tunnels
- 31/01/2024 – Work on Cross Island Line’s Maju station to start in Q2 2024; $480m contract awarded
- 13/12/2023 – TWRP Pipeline-C1 Tunnel Breaks Through in Singapore
- 31/10/2023 – Tunneling Complete for Singapore’s Sewage Superhighway
- 13/10/2023 – Singaporean Unit of China’s STEC Wins USD454 Million Tunnel Construction Deal from Singapore’s Changi Airport
- 13/10/2023 – Innovative construction methods to be used to build Singapore metro extension
- 13/08/2023 – Tunneling Complete for Singapore’s Sewage Superhighway
Videos on Tunnelling and Underground Space Usage in Singapore
Completing the Circle Line | Building Singapore
Singapore’s New Metro Line is Construction Hell
Large Diameter TBM assembly for Cross Island Line CR105
Deep Tunnel Sewer System – DTSS2 Tunnelling
Design & construction of tunnels between #CRL Aviation Park station & Changi East Depot
Introduction of Rectangular Tunnel Boring Machine at Cross Island Line (CRL) Teck Ghee station
Launch shaft construction for Cross Island Line (#CRL) Tavistock station
Ground freezing at TEL Marina Bay station
Rectangular TBM at Havelock Station
Singapore Underground: Deep Tunnel Sewerage System a key part of nation’s water future
Singapore’s Secret Underground
Circle Line 6: Completing the Circle
Transform your walk, cycle and ride experience with the North-South Corridor!
City of Innovation: Singapore – The Stamford Detention Tank (60s)
Going underground for space solutions | Land Unlimited | Full Episode
What lies deep beneath Singapore? | Going Underground | Full Episode
SPPG Cable Tunnel. Deepest tunnels in S’pore to start carrying electricity
Something cool is happening underground
Engineering Our Defence – Build Me Something Better: Ep 2 [Underground Ammunition Facility]
DTSS Phase 2 Technical Video
First rectangular tunnel-boring machine for Havelock MRT station
Underground Rock Cavern
Marina Coastal Expressway, our first undersea tunnel!
CNN: Singapore finds space going underground








