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 »
Did you know that you can use the same Standard Ticket (for trains) up to six times? If you have misplaced your CEPAS Card and need to travel on the train network, you can purchase a Standard Ticket from the General Ticketing Machines (GTM) at any train stations across the network. Purchasing a Standard Ticket READ MORE »
Do you wonder why trains on the Circle Line extension ends its service at Stadium during off-peak hours? During the peak hours, trains from Marina Bay will run the full Circle Line (CCL) and end at HarbourFront to ensure an average of about 2.5 – 3 minutes frequency throughout most portions of the line between READ MORE »
Stage 2 of the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL2), which will extend the line from Woodlands to Caldecott via Thomson, is slated to open at the end of this year. The SGTrains team visited various sites along the TEL2 route to document and observe the progress of the stations’ construction. All pictures were taken from publicly READ MORE »
Did you know that there is an unused platform at HarbourFront (Circle Line) station? The Circle Line (CCL) section of HarbourFront station consists of two platforms, where Platform B is for normal passenger service trains heading clockwise towards Telok Blangah, and Platform A is currently for train withdrawal purposes. The area around Platform A has READ MORE »
Did you know that the active route maps on the trains plying the North-South and East-West Lines were made in Singapore? The SMRT Active Route Map Information System (STARiS) is a rail and travel information system developed in-house by communications engineers from SMRT Corporation for its North-South Line (NSL) and East-West Line (EWL) trains. This READ MORE »
Did you know that portable fare collection gates can be deployed at stations during special events? These portable faregates sport a compact and light-weight cabinet design, which makes it easy for them to be transported around and set up whenever needed. A single gate is able to store up to 50,000 transactions in its data-base READ MORE »
Did you notice that the first and last half-height platform screen doors are different? The half-height Platform Screen Doors (PSDs) were installed onto elevated MRT stations along the North-South Line (NSL) and East-West Line (EWL) between August 2009 and June 2012. All of the 24 doors along the platform might look the same, but the READ MORE »
Did you know that the Circle Line station code CC18 is not found on the system map? If you were to travel between CC17 Caldecott and CC19 Botanic Gardens stations on the Circle Line (CCL), the journey will take at least 4 minutes as the train will whizz by the CC18 station – also known READ MORE »
Did you know that prior 2012, elevated stations do not have any ventilation fans installed at the platform level? Increased Heat Since Installation of Platform Screen Doors Between August 2009 and June 2012, half-height platform screen doors were retrofitted onto all 36 elevated stations on the North-South Line (NSL) and East-West Line (EWL), enhancing commuters’ READ MORE »
