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The rapid transit system was then revisited two decades later and proposed during the Singapore-Malaysia Leaders' Retreat on 24 May 2010. The RTS would link Tanjung Puteri in Johor Bahru and Woodlands in Singapore, aiming to ease traffic congestion on the Johor–Singapore Causeway and enhance connectivity between the two countries. It was ...
A white paper released in 1996 showed a light rail line connecting to the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) from Boon Lay station on the East–West Line (EWL). [5] An LRT line for the Jurong area was first announced in November 1998 as part of feasibility studies by the Land Transport Authority (LTA), [6] though communications minister Mah Bow Tan said the sustainability of such a ...
System Map, including lines under construction. This is a list of all stations on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore. [1] As of 2024, the Singapore MRT has approximately 242.6 km (150.7 mi) of system length spread across six operational lines, the 19th highest in the world.
A number of underground stations double as purpose-built air raid shelters under the operational authority of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF); these stations incorporate deep-level station boxes cast with hardened concrete and blast doors fashioned out of reinforced steel to withstand conventional aerial and chemical ordnance.
In Singapore, the main lines on the Mass Rapid Transit system using the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge. The KTM trains running from Malaysia to Woodlands Train Checkpoint and formerly to Tanjong Pagar railway station uses the 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) metre gauge.
On the beach, concrete machine emplacements and wire were installed. Airfields in Sembawang, Seletar and Tengah were to provide air cover for the Base. Bagnalls of Stafford supplied an 0-6-0ST, number 2547 of 6/1936, to the War Office department, Changi, Singapore. It had 16" x 22" cylinders and 3' 4" driving wheels.
This was also the first ever MRT and LRT station in Singapore's history to be permanently closed and removed from operations. It is the first and only LRT line to be operated by SMRT Light Rail . The Sengkang LRT line opened in two main stages, the East Loop opening first on 18 January 2003 and most of the West Loop on 29 January 2005.
Number of train sets Cars per train set Total number of cars Car length Train set length Car width Car height Trainset capacity Seats Introduction Retirement North–South Line East–West Line: 2nd C651: Siemens: Vienna, Austria: 19 6 114 [26] [27] 23.65m (DT) 22.8m (M) 138m 3.2m 3.7m 1,920 passengers 372 (unmodified) 90 km/h (56 mph) (design)