The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded a contract worth $SGD639.5 million to GS Engineering and Construction Corp (GS Engineering) for the design and construction of an Integrated Train Testing Centre (ITTC).
Residing at the former Raffles Country Club site, the ITTC is the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. The facility will be equipped to perform robust integrated systems testing for new and existing MRT lines. It also will help speed up diagnoses and rectification of faults.
“This is more efficient and frees up limited engineering hours on the existing lines for other activities such as maintenance and renewal works. When completed, the ITTC will be the cornerstone of Singapore’s strategy to sustain rail reliability and deepen core rail engineering capabilities,” said LTA.
GS Engineering is a construction company based in South Korea. The company previously built the Downtown Line’s Gali Batu depot, Fort Canning station and Tampines East station, as well as the Thomson-East Coast Line’s Woodlands station.
The facility will commence operation in phases. The first phase of the ITTC will open by the end of 2022 and will be fully operational by the end of 2024.
– Construction+ Online
Source: Land Transport Authority
