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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On 25 September 2024, a KHI C151 train (065/066) derailed while being withdrawn from service into Ulu Pandan Depot after a defective train axle box on train-car 2065 dislodged and caused the wheels of a bogie to come off the running rail and hit track equipment, including the third rail and point machines, significantly damaging them and ...
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train axle box on one of the first generation C151 trains, which had been deadheading to Ulu Pandan Depot after it was withdrawn at Clementi station, dropped onto the tracks ...
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.
[48] [49] On 13 April 2017, LTA released a tender for contract R151, which will be the replacement train for all the oldest MRT trains. [50] On 25 July 2018, the contract R151 was awarded to Bombardier Transportation at a sum of $1.2 billion, inclusive of a long-term service support package for up to 30 years.
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 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]
The London Underground is a metro system in the United Kingdom that serves Greater London and the home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire. Its first section opened in 1863, [ 1 ] making it the oldest underground metro system in the world – although approximately 55% of the current network is above ground, [ 2 ] as it ...