Upper Thomson MRT station


Upper Thomson MRT station is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson–East Coast line in the planning area of Bishan, Singapore.
The station will be located at the traffic junction of Upper Thomson Road, Soo Chow Garden Road, Bright Hill Drive and Jalan Keli. It will provide MRT access to the nearby Thomson Plaza.

History

This station was first announced on 29 August 2012.
On 15 August 2014, LTA announced that Upper Thomson station would be part of the proposed Thomson East-Coast line. The station will be constructed as part of Phase 2, consisting of 6 stations between Springleaf and Caldecott, and is expected to be completed in 2020.
The Contract T212 for the design and construction of Upper Thomson Station and associated tunnels was awarded to Sato Kogyo Pte. Ltd at a sum of S$374 million on November 2013. Sato Kogyo Pte. Ltd has won numerous recognition award, namely BCA Award
from the construction of Bencoolen MRT Station. Construction of Upper Thomson Station started in 2014, with completion in 2020.