Changi Airport Terminal 5 MRT Station

A future MRT station is being planned to serve the upcoming Changi Airport Terminal 5. Located in Changi East, this station will be an interchange station between the Cross Island Line (CRL) and the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL), as well as the CRL’s eastern terminus station.

This future station will bring rail connectivity to Changi Airport Terminal 5, including direct train travel to the City via the TEL. 

Planning

Plans for rail connections to Changi Airport T5 were first reported by The Straits Times back in 2017.

On 25 January 2019, Phase 1 of the CRL was announced, comprising 12 stations and 29 kilometres from CR2 Aviation Park to CR13TE7 Bright Hill. It was hinted that the line could be extended to Changi Airport, with a station at Terminal 5 and the station code CR1 reserved for this purpose.

On 25 May 2019, LTA released the Land Transport Master Plan 2040, confirming that TEL will be extended from its original terminal at TE31DT37 Sungei Bedok station to Changi Airport Terminal 5. It would then continue towards CG2 Changi Airport, and join the existing Changi Airport Branch line (Changi Airport—Expo—Tanah Merah) which will be converted from the East West Line to the TEL.

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It remains to be seen if there will be additional stations constructed between Sungei Bedok and Changi Airport Terminal 5. The alignment of this stretch has also yet to be confirmed.

The extension of the CRL to Changi Airport T5 has yet to be formally announced.