The LTA expects that all remaining third- and second-gen LRVs, as well as the CBTC signalling works, are to be deployed by the end of 2025.
LTA will cease train services an hour earlier on the Bukit Panjang LRT line for a year to progressively upgrade its signalling system and test its new LRVs.
The line will close an hour early on 12, 13, 19 and 20 August 2023, and will not operate on 1 October 2023 to facilitate upgrade works.
The Bukit Panjang LRT is set to match the reliability of the Sengkang-Punggol LRT by 2024, following upgrades to the network.
Minister for Transport Khaw Boon Wan has suggested service on the light rail line could be suspended during 'certain off-peak hours' to reduce the stress on it.
A train fault encountered at Fajar LRT station caused services on the Bukit Panjang LRT to be disrupted on Monday evening.
The Bukit Panjang LRT network will close earlier at 11:30pm daily from 13 January to allow engineers to step up maintenance and system renewal works.
Bukit Panjang LRT services were suspended across the line on Wednesday night due to a power fault, with regular service resuming this morning.
The Bukit Panjang LRT was closed on Sundays from 15 April to 1 July, as part of maintenance works aimed at improving the reliability of its system.
Rail operator SMRT has announced that from 1st July, the Bukit Panjang LRT will resume Sunday operations with later opening times.
Passengers on a Bukit Panjang LRT train were stuck in the car for up to half an hour yesterday afternoon and had to walk on the tracks to the nearest station.
Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan has said that the only viable option for the problematic Bukit Panjang LRT is to overhaul it.
The Bukit Panjang LRT network will be closed every Sunday for 11 weeks, starting 15th April, as part of maintenance works to improve the system.
Commuters can expect more reliable rides on the Bukit Panjang LRT from 2022, when the majority of its $344 million overhaul is expected to be completed.
For the second time in a week, service on the Bukit Panjang LRT has been interrupted due to a train fault.
The Bukit Panjang LRT has broken down after a train damaged a signal stop tape, which is used to indicate where the driverless trains should stop.
The Bukit Panjang LRT will begin its Sunday service at 7:00am instead of the usual 5:30am for eight weeks starting on 12th November.
Tender for the problematic Bukit Panjang LRT (BPLRT) will be called soon to overhaul and tackle the flawed design behind its reliability woes.
Speaking at an event yesterday, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that the Bukit Panjang LRT was built as an 'afterthought' to a built-up town.
The Bukit Panjang transport hub, which has a new bus interchange to go with the existing LRT and MRT stations, opened yesterday after a two-year delay.