Originally Posted by
wnt
Previously I thought that the big piece of land now occupied by VS would be the station on top of which would be a large mall/condo project. Remember VS was built just a few years ago. If a station would be there, the land for VS would have been reserved for better use.
My guess is that the track will run along Marine Parade Road. When it gets close to Mandarin Gardens, it will turn towards Upper East Coast Road. Notice that alongside that road there is an empty land, which might have been reserved for building the ERL. There could be an exit near MG/VS/Villa Marina, while the main station could be opposite Siglap Centre, or it could be at the car park near the patrol station. As far as I know, only those are the lands large enough for an MRT station.
One agent at The Shore told me the government did not allow a baseent to be built there, "as something will happen below it and there likely will be an MRT exit nearby". Notice that Axis has no basement, while Siglap-V has. Is there any significance to that?
I heard that the 10-year plan will be out by the end of this year. The details of ERL could be clearer by that time.