After 38 years of serving and moving millions of commuters across the North-South, East-West lines (NSEWL), Singapore bids farewell to the 1st-gen Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151 trains on Sep 26, 2025. These trains first entered passenger service on Nov 7, 1987.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Sep 5 released a rail service reliability report covering the last 12 months to June 2025, highlighting that Singapore’s MRT network ranked second-most reliable when compared to overseas metros of Taipei, Hong Kong, and New York City.
A 17-year-old boy will be charged on Jul 3 for allegedly trespassing onto MRT tracks between Tanah Merah and Simei stations on the East-West Line.
The fleet of Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151 trains serving the North-South, East-West lines (NSEWL) will be fully decommissioned and retired from passenger service by September 2025.
If you have frequently been taking the MRT, specifically travelling on SMRT-run North-South, East-West, and Circle lines, you might have noticed a change to the in-train announcements when approaching stations on arrival.
Rail operator SMRT has filed a police report following a viral video on social media showing footage filmed on MRT tracks between Simei and Tanah Merah stations.
Rail operator SMRT will be fined $3 million for lapses that caused the major six-day East-West Line (EWL) train service disruption in September 2024, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a report released on Jun 3, following the completion of its investigation.
Due to a track fault, train services between Queenstown (EW19) and Boon Lay (EW27) stations on the East-West Line (EWL) were delayed on Friday (Apr 4) afternoon.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) and rail operators SMRT and SBS Transit are working closely to identify the root causes of three MRT disruptions in the past week.
The 3rd-gen Kawasaki Heavy Industries & Nippon Sharyo C751B trains, which first entered passenger service on the North-South, East-West lines (NSEWL) in May 2000, have officially retired from the Singapore railway scene on Dec 7.
