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Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT) or heavy rail, [2] [3] commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A grade separated rapid transit line below ground surface through a tunnel can be regionally called a subway , tube , metro or underground .
The Mass Rapid Transit system, locally known by the initialism MRT, is a rapid transit system in Singapore and the island country's principal mode of railway transportation. After two decades of planning the system commenced operations in November 1987 with an initial 6 km (3.7 mi) stretch consisting of five stations.
MRT – marine riser tensioners; MRT – mechanical run test; MRX – magnetic resonance expert (wireline NMR tool) [19] MSCT – mechanical sidewall coring tool [20] MSDS – material safety data sheet; MSFL – micro SFL log; micro-spherically focussed log (resistivity) MSI – mechanical and structural inspection
The MRT Line 4 is a monorail line linking Metro Manila and the province of Rizal. It was first approved in 2015. [12] The project, at its current form, was approved in 2019 and is under the design stage. [42] Construction on the 15.5-kilometer (9.6 mi) line is slated to begin by 2022, and full operations are slated by 2028. [43]
It took 10 years from 1972 to design the MRT system, which continued all the way until the government gave permission to build the MRT. When future president Ong Teng Cheong became the then-Minister for Communications (now the Ministry of Transport), he had to convince the cabinet in a debate in early 1980, that the S$5 billion needed for the system would be beneficial for the long-term ...
MRT (Singapore) or Mass Rapid Transit, Singapore; MRT Corporation (Malaysia) MRT Jakarta (Jakarta Indonesia) MRT (Bangkok) or Metropolitan Rapid Transit, Thailand; Manila Metro Rail Transit System, Philippines; Taipei MRT, Taiwan; Taoyuan MRT, Taiwan
The abbreviation MRTS is most commonly used to refer to Mass Rapid Transit System.. The abbreviation MRTS may also refer to: . Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System, abbreviated MRTS
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.