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SINGAPORE
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System
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Singapore's (4 million inh.) rapid transit system is considered one of the most modern in the world and was the first one to introduce platform sliding doors to protect passengers from falling onto tracks and to allow better air regulation in underground station areas (similar doors were installed in the St. Petersburg metro from the 1960's though). North South Line & East West Line
1990: 67km (19km underground, 3.3km at grade, 44.8km on viaduct), 42 stations (15 underground) 2002: 2 lines, 89.4 km (23.3km underground), 51 stations (16 underground, 9 of which are prepared as civil defence stations), including 6.4 km airport branch. Average station depth is 14.7m, Raffles Place being the deepest on these two lines at 21.3m. North South Line (Marina Bay - Jurong East) - 44km East West Line (Pasir Ris/Changi Airport - Boon Lay) - 45.4km
From 22 July 2003, the Tanah Merah - Changi Airport section is operated as a shuttle service. North East Line (NEL)
* Alstom URBALIS system (click here for brochure) Bukit-Panjang LRT
Station names are as follows: BP1 Choa Chu Kang, BP2 South View, BP3 Keat Hong, BP4 Teck Whye, BP5 Phoenix, BP6 Bukit Panjang, BP7 Petir, BP8 Pending, BP9 Bangkit, BP10 Fajar, BP11 Segar, BP12 Jelapang, BP13 Senja, BP14 Ten Mile Junction. This is a new 8-shaped fully automated mini-metro designed as a feeder line for the North-East-Line, operating a 3.5 minute headway during peak hours and a 6-minute off-peak service. See photos Station
names are: Punggol LRT This is the second automatic people mover working as a feeder line for the North East Line. Station
names are: Sentosa Express Since 15 Jan 2007, the 3-station Sentosa Express has linked the Sentosa island to the mainland, where it provides transfer to the MRT at the HarbourFront station. A fourth station, Waterfront, will open in 2010.
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History
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North
South Line 07/11/1987:
Yio Chu Kang- Toa Payoh East
West Line
12/12/1987:
Raffles Place - Outram Park 22/07/2003: Shuttle service Tanah Merah (EW4) - Changi Airport (CG2) North East Line (NEL) 20
June 2003: HarbourFront - Punggol (except Woodleigh and
Buangkok stations) Bukit-Panjang LRT 6 Nov 1999 (7.8 km, 13 stations) Sengkang LRT 20
Jan 2003 - East Loop Punggol LRT 29
Jan 2005 - PTC Punggol and East Loop (except stations PE5 and PE6) |
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Projects
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- The Circle Line will be a fully automated metro linking all other lines radiating out from the city centre. The initial 5.2 km section (Dhoby Ghaut, Museum, Convention Centre, Millennia, Nicoll Highway and Stadium Boulevard) is planned to open in 2010 and will eventually be expanded to a 33 km long Circle Line with 29 stations: Stage
1: Dhoby Ghaut, Bras Basah (Museum), Esplanade (Convention Centre), Promenade
(Millenia), Nicoll Highway, Stadium - 2010 - By 2009 The East West Line will be extended 3.8 km westwards towards Tuas with two stations, EW28 Pioneer Station & EW29 Joo Koon Station (Boon Lay Extension - BLE). - Three new rail lines (two MRT and one LRT) will be built over the next 10 to 15 years to serve Bukit Timah, Jurong and estates in the eastern part of Singapore. Bukit Timah MRT Line - for the Bukit Panjang, Upper Bukit Timah and Bukit Timah regions. It is likely to be fully underground. Eastern Region MRT Line - to complement the existing East West Line and serve residents in Tampines, Bedok, Marine Parade, MacPherson and Kaki Bukit. It will be largely underground. Jurong Region LRT Line - a light rail system for those who live beyond the end point of teh East West Line and also students and staff of Nanyang Technological University. Details can be found here. - In June 2005, the Singapore government decided to built the 'Downtown Extension' with 5 stations between Promenade station on the Circle Line and Chinatown station on the North East Line, with intermediate stations at Bayfront, Landmark and Cross Street (3.4 km). This project was later expanded into a separate line, with the first section to open in 2013. In a first stage (4.3 km) six stations will be built: Bugis (interchange with the East-West line), Promenade (located along Temasek Avenue;interchange with the Circle Line), Bayfront, Landmark, Cross Street and Chinatown (interchange with the North East Line). See details here and here. |
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Practical
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- OPERATION 5:30 - 00:30, every 3-4/5-8 minutes Apart from station names shown in English, stations are also numbered. A new numbering scheme was introduced in August 2001. Line directions are now shown by numbers. From 2005, stations signs and other information is also in Mandarin and Tamil. Between City Hall and Raffles Place there are four tracks, both stations allow comfortable transfer between lines on the same platform, City Hall in direction north/east and Raffles Place south/west. By 2006, all stations will be fully accessible for mobility impaired persons. - FARES The EZ-Link card, a contactless smart card similar to the Octopus card in Hong Kong, was launched on 13 April 2002. It can be used for fare payment on the MRT, LRT and buses, and is also accepted in some stores. An adult ez-link Card costs $15. More value can be added at machines. Fares depend on the distance travelled and range from 0.69 to 1.94. The Standard Ticket is used for single trips and has a refundable SGP$1 deposit on top of the price of the ride. This can be refunded at any General Ticketing Machine after the ride. Standard tickets are slightly more expensive than ez-link card fares. Visitors Card: more details here |
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Links
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Official
SMRT page includes ez-link Card (Tariff System) SBS Transit (official - North-East-Line & Sengkang/Punggol LRT operator) Land Transport Authority incl. new projects A tour of the Singapore Metro by Mark S. Feinman Singapore's Rail Transit System by Kenmin Shu (incl. many pictures) Development of the Singapore MRT Network Article in JRTR by Tai Chong Chew and Chong Kheng Chua UrbanRail.Net Singapore Metro Photo Gallery TransitLink transit integration Singapore Rapid Transit map at Johomaps.com |
2007 © Robert Schwandl (UrbanRail.Net)