Tuas Link MRT Station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit

Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

The Mass Rapid Transit or MRT is a rapid transit system that forms the backbone of the railway system in Singapore, spanning the entire city-state. The initial section of the MRT, between Yio Chu Kang Station and Toa Payoh Station, opened in 1987 establishing itself as the second-oldest metro...

 station on the East West Line

East West MRT Line

The East West Line was the 2nd Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 49.2 km long with 35 stations , making it the longest MRT line in Singapore. It takes about 63 minutes to travel from one end to the other...

, under the Tuas MRT Extension project in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. When opened, it will replace Joo Koon

Joo Koon MRT Station

Joo Koon MRT Station ' is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station along the East West Line in Jurong and also the western terminus for the line....

 as the western terminus of the East West Line.

The station is to provide rail connection to the north-western part of Tuas

Tuas

Tuas is largely an industrial zone located in the western part of Singapore. The Tuas Planning Area is located within the West Region, and is bounded by Tengeh Reservoir to the north, Strait of Johor to the west, Straits of Singapore to the south, and the Pan Island Expressway to the east.It is...

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It will also be the first elevated station to have the platforms lower than the station control and the ticketing machines.

It was first announced on 11 January 2011 by Transport Minister Mr Raymond Lim in a speech while visiting Bedok MRT Station when new platform screen doors opened there.

To be completed by 2016 and benefit an estimated 100,000 commuters daily, it is expected to be connected to the Second Link and Tuas Bus Terminal

Tuas Bus Terminal

Tuas Bus Terminal is a bus station located in Tuas at the western part of Singapore. Operated by SBS Transit, this terminal serves industrial workers at Jurong Industrial Estate and Tuas Industrial Estate from Boon Lay Bus Interchange....

, thus having the possibility of having international trans-border services en-routing to terminate at the bus terminal instead of the current Jurong East Bus Interchange.

To the north of Tuas Link lies the Second Link, Tuas West Depot

Tuas West Depot

Tuas Depot is a future train depot located off Tuas West Drive in Singapore. It will be constructed by Jurong Primewide Pte Ltd at a contract sum of S$237.1 million. The depot will provide maintenance services for the East West MRT Line of the Mass Rapid Transit system, and is directly linked to...

 and Tengeh Reservoir

Tengeh Reservoir

Tengeh Reservoir is one of the four reservoirs in the Western Water Catchment of Singapore.This reservoir was formerly a river, Sungei Tengeh, which emptied into the Straits of Johor and was dammed to become a reservoir....

. It will be likely or (unlikely) to extend it to Western Water Catchment

Western Water Catchment

The Western Water Catchment currently houses four reservoirs, Tengeh Reservoir, Poyan Reservoir, Murai Reservoir and Sarimbun Reservoir. The Western Water Catchment is also a live-firing area in which it is used by the Singapore Armed Forces for training purposes...

, but feeding on it is a possibility that it will be demilitarized, however Pulau Tekong

Pulau Tekong

Pulau Tekong is the second largest of Singapore's outlying islands with an area of 24.43 km², and the island is still expanding due to land reclamation works on its southern and northwestern coasts which will eventually subsume many of its surrounding small islets, including Pulau Tekong...

still stays as military base forever as Singapore's national defence.