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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 ...
The Singapore Rail Academy was also inaugurated in 2017 to better train railway engineers [20] and a new integrated train testing centre is to be built by 2022 to rigorously test new rail technologies. [21] These efforts are starting to pay off with the reliability of the MRT lines improving by almost ten-fold by 2019. [22]
A light rail network was proposed in 2001 which would have served the western regions of Singapore such as Jurong. It was also envisioned to serve commuters travelling to Nanyang Technological University (NTU). [9] However, the LTA announced in 2008 that there were no plans for the line to be built. [10]
The Downtown Line (DTL) is a medium-capacity Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Singapore. It runs from Bukit Panjang station in the north-west of the country towards Expo station in the east via a loop around the city-centre. Coloured blue on the rail map, the line serves 35 stations, all of which are underground. [2]
Line Stage Date Length Stretch Stations Cost Commencement of construction Service commencement Service retirement Names Codes Elevated At-grade Underground
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.
City Hall MRT station is an underground Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North–South line (NSL) and East–West line (EWL). Situated in the Downtown Core district, it is underneath Stamford Road near the road junctions with North Bridge Road and St Andrew's Road.
The Port of Singapore, run by the port operators PSA International (formerly the Port of Singapore Authority) and Jurong Port, is the world's busiest in terms of shipping tonnage handled. 1.04 billion gross tons were handled in 2004, crossing the one billion mark for the first time in Singapore's maritime history.