Tuas Link MRT station
Tuas Link MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station along the East West Line (EWL) in Tuas, Singapore. The station is within walking distance to Raffles Marina, Tuas Checkpoint and the Malaysia–Singapore Second Link. It is the western terminus of the East West Line, and is also the westernmost MRT station in Singapore. The station was constructed as part of the Tuas West Extension of the EWL and opened along with the other stations on 18 June 2017. History. Tuas Link MRT station, along with the rest of the Tuas West  Extension of the East West MRT Line, was first announced on 11 January 2011 by then Transport Minister Raymond Lim. Contract 1686 for the design and construction of an elevated station EW33 (then unnamed) at Tuas Road and approximately of elevated MRT viaducts was awarded to China Railway 11 Bureau Group Corporation (Singapore Branch) at a contract sum of S$150 million in November 2011. The groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of the construction of Tuas West Extension was held at this station on 4 May 2012 by Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew. When opened, the extension is expected to serve  more than 100,000 commuters daily. On 25 August 2012, an Indian national construction worker died after falling into a deep bore hole at the Tuas West Extension worksite near the station. The body of the worker was recovered the next day, almost 24 hours later. Preliminary findings revealed that the workers were in the process of lowering a rebar cage when it got dislodged from its lifting chains and dragged the 30-year-old worker into a wide bore hole. The opening of the station was delayed from 2016 to the second quarter of 2017 to make way for the  installation of the new signalling system. The station and the Tuas West Extension started operations on 18 June 2017. Stations between Gul Circle to Tuas Link were temporary closed between 16 and 19 November 2017 following a collision between two trains at Joo Koon station. On 20 November 2017, train service from Gul Circle to Tuas Link was resumed; however, train services between Joo Koon and Gul Circle was suspended till mid-2018 to facilitate maintenance work on signalling devices. Station details. Station design. Like most EWL stations, the station has an island platform. As neither the tracks can be built  higher nor the concourse be built on the ground level, the concourse level with the station control room, fare gates and ticketing machines has to be built on a higher level than the platforms, making Tuas Link station the first elevated MRT station in Singapore with such an arrangement.