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Clementi station was first constructed as part of Phase IA of the MRT system, a 8.5-kilometre (5.3-mile) segment which spans from Tiong Bahru to this station. [2] Initially planned to be built as part of Phase II, this segment was targeted to be completed in 1988, right after the completion of MRT Phase I to increase Phase I's catchment area ...
On 5 August 1993, a train on the East West Line of the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) rear-ended another train that was stationary. It was the MRT's first major incident and resulted in 156 passengers being injured. It was caused by a maintenance vehicle leaking 50 litres (11 imp gal; 13 US gal) of oil onto the tracks.
The Emergency Stop Plunger, found in all MRT stations, enables trains to be stopped before entering stations in case of an emergency. The safety of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore was questioned by the public after several accidents on the system during the 1980s and 1990s.
The first ten eastbound trains reported braking problems. Then, at 7.50 am, the eleventh east-bound train from Jurong stopped at the Clementi Station for two minutes longer than scheduled due to it using its emergency brakes to stop at the station, and was then hit by the twelfth east bound train when it failed to stop in time. 156 passengers ...
Train services between Boon Lay and Queenstown had been suspended since 9am on 25 September 2024 after trains lost power on a stretch near Clementi MRT station. A defective train axle box on one of the first generation C151 trains, which had been deadheading to Ulu Pandan Depot after it was withdrawn at Clementi station, dropped onto the tracks ...
The Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) C151 is the first generation electric multiple unit (EMU) rolling stock in operation on the North–South and East–West lines of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system, manufactured by a consortium led by Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) under Contract 151.
Dover MRT station, the first MRT station to be built along an existing rail line. Dover, built on the East–West Line between Clementi and Buona Vista, was officially opened on 23 October 2001 by then Minister for Transport, Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, being open for service on 18 October 2001. The first station to be built over an operating rail line ...
The mall is linked directly to Clementi MRT station on the third level, and the air-conditioned Clementi Bus Interchange at the first level has direct access to the mall. It is the first development in Singapore to integrate public housing, public transport and commercial facilities built together within a single complex. On 15 May 2012, the ...