Eastern Region Line

The Eastern Region Line (ERL) will be the seventh MRT lines in Singapore. The construction schedule was announced in 2008 with completion set for 2020. The whole line will be completely underground. It is under planning and evaluation.

The Eastern Region Line will begin from Marina Bay, through residential estates of Tanjong Rhu, Marine Parade, Siglap, Bedok South and Upper East Coast, and link them to Changi in the east. It will also connect to the future Thomson Line.



History
It was first announced in 2001, under the Concept Plan 2001, as an expected LRT line to serve residents in Jurong living beyond the end point of the original East West Line terminus, Boon Lay. However, plans for this line were put on hold indefinitely in 2008 when Land Transport Authority announced that no new LRT lines would be built unless a new township is heavily developed, as the population of Jurong and total yearly demand from NTU deemed that the line was not economically sustainable to be built.

In 2011, under the NTU Master Plan 2011, the line was re-proposed as a private light-rail serving NTU, that would run from Pioneer and into the campus.

On 17 January 2013, this line was confirmed to be built, by 2025. It will be part of the MRT network instead of the initial proposal as a LRT line, serving Tengah and Choa Chu Kang, besides just Jurong when originally announced in 2001.