The Jurong MRT line is the everyday name for the Jurong Region Line (JRL), Singapore's seventh MRT line and the first to run fully elevated. It adds 24 stations across 24km of the west, and after a delay confirmed in March 2026, Stage 1 now opens in mid-2028 rather than end-2027. For most readers the real question is not the route map but the money: a station within a 10-minute walk changes your commute, your transport bill, and what a flat or rental nearby is worth. This guide lays out the stations, the phases, the fares you will actually pay, and the value angle for anyone living, renting, or buying near the new line.
The Jurong Region Line is a medium-capacity, fully driverless line built as four branches in a rough H-shape across western Singapore. It runs entirely on elevated viaducts rather than underground, which is part of why it was cheaper and faster to build than a deep-bored line, and why its stations sit above ground near where people live and work.
When fully open it carries 24 stations over 24km, served by 62 three-car driverless trains (with room to extend to four cars later) running out of the new Tengah Depot. It connects to the rest of the network at three interchanges, so it is not a standalone shuttle but a feeder that plugs the west directly into the North-South and East-West lines.
The line opens in stages, not all at once. In March 2026, Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow confirmed during the Committee of Supply debate that Stage 1 had slipped by about six months, from end-2027 to mid-2028, because contractors could not claw back pandemic-era delays. To bridge the gap, LTA said it would run interim shuttle bus services from end-2027 in the areas Stage 1 will serve.
Here is the current phasing. Treat the later years as targets that can still move, and check LTA before planning a move around an opening date.
| Stage | Opening | Stations | Key stops |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 | Mid-2028 | 10 | Choa Chu Kang, Choa Chu Kang West, Tengah, Hong Kah, Corporation, Jurong West, Bahar Junction, Boon Lay, Gek Poh, Tawas |
| Stage 2 | 2028 | 7 | Tengah Plantation, Tengah Park, Bukit Batok West, Toh Guan, Jurong East, Jurong Town Hall, Pandan Reservoir |
| Stage 3 | 2029 | 7 | Enterprise, Tukang, Jurong Hill, Jurong Pier, Nanyang Gateway, Nanyang Crescent, Peng Kang Hill |
| JS2A infill | Mid-2030s | 1 | New Tengah / Forest Hill station between Choa Chu Kang West and Tengah |
There is no special JRL fare. Singapore rail fares are distance-based and capped, so a JRL trip costs the same per kilometre as any other train ride, and a journey that hops from the JRL onto the North-South or East-West line is charged as one continuous trip with no transfer penalty. You tap in once with an account-based SimplyGo card, a bank card, or a concession card, and the system fares it end to end.
Because fares are distance-based, the value of the line is not a cheaper ride, it is a shorter one. A trip that needed two buses and a long walk can collapse into one tap. For the current adult and concession rates, our explainer on Singapore bus and MRT fares has the full table, and if you commute daily it is worth checking whether a monthly pass beats per-trip fares in our breakdown of monthly concession passes.
There are also ways to shave the bill that apply on any line. Off-peak pricing and the various rebates we cover in the guide to free and discounted MRT rides will work on the JRL from day one, and the cashback angles in our SimplyGo cashback piece stack on top of the fare you pay.
The reason a new MRT line shows up in a money guide is that proximity to a station is one of the most reliable price signals in Singapore property. Flats and condos near an MRT station have historically commanded a premium over otherwise similar units further away, and rentals near stations let faster too. The west has been comparatively rail-poor, so the arrival of the JRL is the kind of structural change that re-rates a whole catchment rather than a single block.
Around 60,000 more households in Jurong will sit within a 10-minute walk of a station once the line is fully open, according to LTA. That walk-time threshold matters because it roughly marks where the station premium starts to fade. If you are weighing a flat in Tengah, Jurong West, Boon Lay or near NTU, the distance to a confirmed JRL station is now a number worth measuring on a map, not a vague nice-to-have.
Two cautions keep this honest. First, much of the upside is already priced in once a station is confirmed, so buying purely to flip on the opening is a thin bet. Second, an elevated line near your window can mean noise, which can offset some of the convenience premium. If you are deciding whether the JRL tips you toward owning rather than renting in the west, run the numbers in our rent vs buy calculator before reading too much into any single forum anecdote.
Three groups gain the most concrete value. Tengah's BTO residents finally get heavy rail through Tengah, Tengah Plantation and Tengah Park stations, replacing a bus-heavy commute that has been a known weak spot of the estate. For anyone who balloted there, this is the connectivity the marketing promised, arriving in 2028. Our guide to whether a flat there still makes sense sits alongside the wider Jurong West living-cost overview.
NTU students and staff get direct rail to campus for the first time via Nanyang Gateway, Nanyang Crescent and Peng Kang Hill, cutting the long shuttle-and-feeder slog from Boon Lay or Pioneer. And Jurong Lake District, the government's planned second business node, gets the internal rail it needs to function as a workplace district rather than a mall cluster, which is the long-game reason the line exists.
If you are choosing between an HDB flat and a condo in the catchment now that rail is coming, the trade-offs in our HDB vs condo comparison and the BTO vs resale comparison are the same as anywhere, just with the JRL premium added to both sides of the ledger.
The JRL does not just add stations, it adds resilience. Today the west funnels through Jurong East, a chronic crush point, and a single disruption there can strand a large catchment. By giving the area its own grid with three independent interchanges, the JRL spreads load and gives commuters alternative routes when one line stalls.
Beyond the three stages, LTA is studying a West Coast Extension that would push the line from Pandan Reservoir toward West Coast and eventually Kent Ridge in the late 2030s to early 2040s, adding interchanges with the future Cross Island Line and the Circle Line. That is a decade-plus horizon, so it should not drive a purchase decision today, but it is the direction the western network is heading.
Stage 1 of the Jurong Region Line, with 10 stations from Choa Chu Kang to Boon Lay and Tawas, opens in mid-2028 after a six-month delay confirmed in March 2026. Stage 2 follows in 2028 and Stage 3 in 2029, with a JS2A infill station at Tengah in the mid-2030s.
The line has 24 stations across about 24km when fully open, all elevated, plus one future infill station (JS2A) near Tengah planned for the mid-2030s. It connects to the rest of the network at three interchanges: Choa Chu Kang, Boon Lay and Jurong East.
No. Singapore rail fares are distance-based and capped, so the JRL uses the same fare table as every other MRT line. A trip that switches from the JRL to the North-South or East-West line is charged as one continuous journey with no separate transfer fare.
Proximity to an MRT station has historically supported higher prices and rents in Singapore, and around 60,000 more Jurong households will sit within a 10-minute walk of a station. But much of the upside is priced in once a station is confirmed, so buying purely to flip on opening is risky.
This is general financial information for Singapore, not personal financial advice. Figures change — verify current rates against the official sources above before acting. See our full disclaimer.