Early Closure and Late Opening arrangements for the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) will be extended till 30 April 2021 for additional testing hours for the system integration with Stage 2 of the line. Additionally, the second stage of the Thomson East Coast-Line (TEL2) was originally scheduled to open by the end of 2020. However, due READ MORE »
Selected train and bus services will be extended on the night of 31 December 2020 (Thursday) for New Year’s Eve. Do take note of the extended service hours and plan your journeys if you are travelling late on the night of 31 December 2020.
Early Closure and Late Opening arrangements for the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) will be extended till 31 December 2020 for additional testing hours for the system integration with Stage 2 of the line. The shorter operating hours were initially till 30 August, and then extended to 1 November. The second stage of the TEL was READ MORE »
Did you know that Dover is the first MRT station in Singapore to be built along an existing line? Dover station of the East-West Line (EWL) opened on 18 October 2001 and is the first station in the MRT system to be built on a live section of a train line. Construction Works During Train READ MORE »
Did you know that Singapore’s train network is barrier-free? Network-wide Barrier-free Access All 159 MRT and LRT stations in Singapore have barrier-free access routes from a station entrance to the platform. This is made possible with lifts, ramps and a tactile guidance system. Wide fare gates are also installed for the elderly and disabled to READ MORE »
, 40 additional R151 trains will be purchased for the North-South and East-West Lines, replacing 19 sets of 2nd-generation Siemens C651 and 21 sets of 3rd-generation Kawasaki-Nippon Sharyo C751B trains. The 40 additional new trains will adopt the same design as the initial orders, allowing engineers to be familiarised with a single train model, enhancing READ MORE »
Did you know that there are three tracks at Paya Lebar (Circle Line) station? [A/B] – Normal Passenger Services Platforms A and B serve normal passenger service Circle Line (CCL) trains heading towards HarbourFront and Dhoby Ghaut/Marina Bay respectively. [C/D] – Withdrawal Purposes The middle platform (Platforms C and D) at Paya Lebar is mainly READ MORE »
As part of the Bukit Panjang LRT (BPLRT) renewal programme, the current signalling system for the BPLRT will be upgraded. To facilitate testing works of the new signalling system, there will be no BPLRT train services on all Sundays in October 2020. Affected Dates 4, 11, 18, 25 October 2020 A shuttle bus service will READ MORE »
Did you know that there are 2 different types of bus services provided during Train Service Disruptions at affected stations? Free Regular Bus Services (Route-Plying Buses along Stations) During a train service disruption, regular bus services that serve the affected stations will be made free for boarding. These regular bus services are the same bus READ MORE »
In the early hours of Sunday morning, 6 September 2020, a local trainspotter spotted a decommissioned Siemens C651 (SIE) train EMU 203/204 parked outside the scrapyard in Tuas. Unannounced Decommisioning Although it was not announced that the Siemens C651 trains were due for decommissioning, these trains were supposed to be undergoing their mid-life refurbishment works. READ MORE »
