Bukit Panjang LRT: Dual-loop train services to resume daily from Dec 30, 2024

Dual-loop train services on the Bukit Panjang LRT (BPLRT) will resume daily from Dec 30, 2024, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced in a Facebook post on Dec 16.

This comes after dual-loop train services were resumed on weekends and public holidays from Sep 28, following good progression on the BPLRT renewal programme.

A joint statement by LTA and rail operator SMRT on Nov 1 initially mentioned that further resumption of dual-loop train services on weekdays can be expected “in the coming months”.

Through LTA’s latest announcement just over a month later, dual-loop train services will also resume on weekdays, in addition to weekends and public holidays, from Dec 30 onwards.

The joint statement on Nov 1 also mentioned it aims to “complete the full BPLRT renewal programme by the end of 2026”, with the BPLRT ending train services an hour earlier at 10:30pm every Thursday to Sunday until Oct 31, 2025, to facilitate testing works.

MORE INFO: Bukit Panjang LRT to end earlier every Thursday to Sunday from Nov 14, 2024, to Oct 31, 2025 »

BPLRT’s renewal programme comprises upgrading the line’s power rail system, replacing the existing signalling system with a Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) signalling system, and retiring and replacing all 1st-gen C801 vehicles.

In addition, all 2nd-gen C801A vehicles will undergo upgrades to be fitted with the CBTC signalling system, and condition monitoring systems will be deployed across the LRT line.

According to crowdsourced trainspotting platform SGTrains Spotters, the 3rd-gen Alstom Innovia APM 300R C801B vehicles, which will replace all 1st-gen C801 vehicles, are being progressively introduced and entering passenger service on the BPLRT.

READ MORE: 3rd-gen Alstom Innovia APM 300R enters passenger service on Aug 1, 2024; first two of 19 new vehicles »

Excluding the two prototypes, seven C801B vehicles have been delivered to Singapore; four have entered passenger service since Aug 1, with two undergoing testing and commissioning works. By the end of 2025, all C801B vehicles would have arrived in Singapore, said LTA.

Related Links
Bukit Panjang LRT – SGTrains
Delivery of Alstom Innovia APM 300R (C801B) – SGTrains Spotters

External Links
“#GoodNews, residents of Bukit Panjang and Choa Chu Kang!” – LTA/Facebook
Service Adjustments for Bukit Panjang LRT from 14 November 2024 to 31 October 2025 to Support Renewal Works – LTA
First Two New Bukit Panjang Light Rail Vehicles to Commence Passenger Service from 1 August – LTA
New Operating Hours for the Bukit Panjang LRT from January 2019 as Planned Renewal Works Commence – LTA

Images: SGTrains.
This article first appeared on SGTrains.