(Yicai Global) Dec. 11 -- China Railway Construction has won a SGD200 million (USD147 million) contract to build two new subway stations in Singapore, its second underground rail-related deal in the Southeast Asian nation in less than a month.

The state-owned firm's subsidiary China Railway 11 Bureau Group Singapore will design and build the stations and related facilities on the Jurong Region Line, Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday. Construction, including 1.1 kilometers of elevated track, will begin next year and should finish in 2026.

The contract follows an announcement from the China Railway 11 Bureau on Nov. 25, which said it had penned a SGD740 million deal with the Singapore Land Transport Authority to build a carriage and bus park at another metro station on the Jurong Region Line. The project, also scheduled for completion in 2026, will hold up to 100 four-car trolleys and 600 buses for storage and maintenance.

The subsidiary is a leading unit under China Railway Construction and has become a major player in the international engineering sector. It entered Singapore in July 2011 and has built three subway stations along the Tuas West Extension and the city-state's first road-rail bridge, the Tuas Viaduct.

The Jurong Region Line will be Singapore's seventh subway track, spanning 24 kilometers and as many stops, according to the Singapore LTA. It will open in three phases between 2026 and 2028.

Editor: James Boynton