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An LRT train had hit a switch beam at the Bukit Panjang station at about 5:40 pm on 29 August 2001, resulting in the power failure. As a result, 10,000 peak-hour commuters were stranded at the station the next morning for repair works to the LRT service. Service resumed at 10:15 am later on that day. [15]
The Bukit Panjang LRT Line (BPLRT) is the first light rail line in Singapore. Spanning 7.6 km and consisting of 13 stations, the entire line opened in 1999 and is the first and only LRT line to be operated by SMRT Trains .
Rail transport in Singapore mainly consists of a passenger urban rail transit system spanning the entire city-state: a rapid transit system collectively known as the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system operated by the two biggest public transport operators SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) and SBS Transit, as well as several Light Rail Transit (LRT) rubber-tyred automated guideway transit lines also ...
The train operator SMRT Trains first reported the incident at 9:52 am and suspended train services between the Queenstown and Boon Lay stations. [10] [14] The Land Transport Authority (LTA) later announced at 2:45 pm that there would not be train services between Boon Lay and Queenstown for the rest of that day because of the extensive damage. [14]
Rail operators are government-assisted profit-based corporations, fares and ticketing on Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system are aimed to break-even or exceed operating expenses. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Rail operators collect fares based on account-based (ABT) and card-based ticketing options, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] the prices of which are calculated based on ...
SBS Transit, the company that operates the North East Line, Downtown Line and the Sengkang and Punggol LRT of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit system; SMRT Corporation, the company that operates the East–West Line, North–South Line, Circle Line and the Bukit Panjang LRT of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit system
The MRT also uses an automatic train supervision system to supervise the overall operation of the train service according to a prescribed timetable or train interval. [ 126 ] [ 127 ] The oldest lines, the North–South Line and East–West Line , were the only lines running with fixed block signalling .
The section of tracks between Hillview station and Beauty World MRT station is the longest between any two MRT stations on the Downtown Line till 2025. There are basic structural provisions for a future station (also known as a "box station") along this section of tracks near Hume Avenue. [ 9 ]