Bright Hill MRT Station

TE7 Bright Hill 光明山 | பிரைட் ஹில்
Address	100 Sin Ming Avenue, Singapore 575737
Lines Served	Thomson-East Coast Line   Cross Island Line (Future)
Operator	SMRT Trains (TEL)
Structure	Underground
Platform	Island (TEL)
Opening	28 Aug 2021 (TEL) Year 2030 (CRL)

Bright Hill MRT Station (TE7) is an underground station located along the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) 2. It is built underneath Sin Ming Avenue, at the junction with Sin Ming Walk, bringing rail connectivity to schools, community amenities and residential developments in the area.

The station’s most prominent nearby landmark is Bright Hill Crematorium & Columbarium and the Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery. Also in the vicinity are schools such as Peirce Secondary School and Ai Tong School; Bishan Park Condominium, The Gardens at Bishan and Faber Garden Condominium; HDB Sin Ming Gardens estate and the Fulton private housing estate.

The TEL station was originally targeted for completion and opening in Year 2020. However, it was delayed till Q1 2021 and later further delayed to Q3 2021 in December 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The opening date was announced to be on 28 Aug 2021 in end-June 2021.

By 2030, Bright Hill station will be an interchange station with the Cross Island Line (CRL) Phase 1, as well as its western terminus. It will then bear the station code TE7CR13.

First / Last Train Timings

Platform & Train Services

Thomson-East Coast Line

Platform A: Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE9CC17 Caldecott via TE8 Upper Thomson (→) Platform B: Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE1 Woodlands North via TE6 Mayflower (←)

Bright Hill station has two platforms in an island platform arrangement.

Cross Island Line (Year 2030)

• Eastbound: Towards CR2 Aviation Park via CR12 Teck Ghee

Civil Defence shelter

Bright Hill station is one of six stations along the Thomson-East Coast Line (Thomson stretch) designated as Civil Defence (CD) shelters, which will be activated in times of national emergency. Apart from reinforced construction, the stations are designed and equipped with facilities to ensure the shelter environment is tolerable for all shelterees during shelter occupation. These facilities include protective blast doors, decontamination facilities, ventilation systems, power and water supply systems and a dry toilet system.

The other CD shelters are Woodlands, Lentor, Mayflower, Mount Pleasant and Gardens by the Bay stations.

Exits

Bright Hill MRT station has four exits leading to ground level. More exits will be built in the future as part of the Cross Island Line station.

Exit	Location	Nearby
1	Sin Ming Walk / Sin Ming Ave	Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Eunoia Junior College, Marymount Community Club, Peirce Secondary School
2	Blk 403 / Sin Ming Ave	Bright Hill Columbarium & Crematorium, Buddhist College of Singapore, Kong Meng San Temple, Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, NEA Eastern Regional Office, Tse Tho Aum Temple
3	Fulton Road / Sin Ming Ave	Ai Tong School
4	Sin Ming Walk / Sin Ming Ave	—

Transport Connections

Bright Hill station connects to several bus stops in the vicinity, as well as taxi stands and passenger pick-up points.

Bus

There are 4 bus stops in the vicinity of Bright Hill station.

Road

Taxi stands and pick-up/drop-off points are located near station exits:

MRT Bus Bridging Service

In the event of a MRT service disruption affecting Bright Hill station, MRT Bridging Buses may be activated to ply affected stretches of the Thomson-East Coast Line. In which case, the buses can be boarded from the following bus stops:

In addition, passengers can board free regular bus services at Bus Stops 53341 & 53349 when activated.

Construction Trivia

Thomson-East Coast Line Contract T211 for the Design and Construction of Bright Hill Station and Construction of Tunnels for Thomson Line was awarded to Penta-Ocean Construction Co Ltd at a contract sum of S$454.4 million in February 2014. The Japanese company was previously involved in East-West Line’s Expo station, North-South Line’s Yew Tee and Kranji stations, Downtown Line 3’s Bendemeer station and Thomson Line’s Woodlands North station.

The working name for Bright Hill station was Sin Ming station. This was the only station along the Thomson-East Coast Line where the finalized station name was different from the working name.

Bright Hill Cross Island Line station will be constructed as part of Contract CR117 – Design and Construction of Bright Hill Interchange Station and Tunnels.

Construction Challenges for Thomson-East Coast Line Bright Hill Station.

The unique geographical conditions in the area created multiple challenges for LTA and its contractors when constructing TEL Bright Hill Station:

(a)  Due to the hard granite rocks in this area, additional equipment, specialised machinery and methods were employed to install more than 1,500 bored piles. These piles make up the Earth Retaining and Stabilizing Structure which is needed to retain the soil and facilitate underground excavation works for Bright Hill Station;

(b)  The soft soil and loose sand underlain by hard granite under Inglewood Estate and Kallang River also required ground strengthening works prior to the commencement of tunneling works;

(c)  As Bright Hill Station is located underneath Sin Ming Avenue and Sin Ming Walk, multiple stages of traffic diversion are required to facilitate the construction. Six stages of traffic diversion have been conducted so far, with four more to be conducted in the near future to facilitate reinstatement works.

Factsheet: Bright Hill Station – LTA

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External Links & References

• Factsheet: Bright Hill Station – LTA
• Second stage of Thomson-East Coast Line to open early 2021 after delays due to COVID-19: Ong Ye Kung – CNA
• LTA | News Room | news-release | Factsheet: Thomson–East Coast Line 2 to Welcome Commuters from 28 August 2021 [Accessed 30 Jun 2021]