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LTA announces outline of changes to rail network

19 Dec 2014|2,746 views

The Land Transport Authority has released a report outlining progress of changes, as well as upcoming improvements, to the rail network.

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For instance, four more stations will be added on the East-West Line and one more station on the North-South Line.

More trains will also be added on a yearly basis between 2015 to 2019 to the existing MRT lines. This will improve the capacity of the rail network by around 40 percent.

In addition, 13 additional train cars will be progressively put into service for the Bukit Panjang LRT system, increasing the fleet size by about 70 percent. From 2016, 16 new train cars will arrive for the Sengkang-Punggol LRT, increasing the fleet size by about 40 percent.

Upgrading works for Clementi, Commonwealth and Queenstown stations are ongoing. The works will equip these stations with new station entrances, more fare gates and ticketing machines. Each station will also have an additional pedestrian link bridge to improve accessibility.

There will also be upgrading works at the Tanah Merah station to install a new platform, which will allow trains heading to and from Changi Airport to arrive and depart the station at shorter intervals. The new platform is expected to be ready by 2024.

Lastly, the first phase of the noise barrier installation works at Admiralty, Marsiling, and Sembawang stations has begun and is on schedule for completion by 2016. LTA is evaluating tender proposals to appoint a contractor for the next set of installation works at nine other locations in Bedok, Eunos, Clementi and Jurong.

On top of the ongoing expansion of the rail network, which includes the construction of the Downtown Line (DTL) and Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL), the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has outlined a list of improvements in store for the rail network.

For instance, four more stations will be added on the East-West Line and one more station on the North-South Line.

More trains will also be added on a yearly basis between 2015 to 2019 to the existing MRT lines. This will improve the capacity of the rail network by around 40 percent.

In addition, 13 additional train cars will be progressively put into service for the Bukit Panjang LRT system, increasing the fleet size by about 70 percent. From 2016, 16 new train cars will arrive for the Sengkang-Punggol LRT, increasing the fleet size by about 40 percent.

Upgrading works for Clementi, Commonwealth and Queenstown stations are ongoing. The works will equip these stations with new station entrances, more fare gates and ticketing machines. Each station will also have an additional pedestrian link bridge to improve accessibility.

There will also be upgrading works at the Tanah Merah station to install a new platform, which will allow trains heading to and from Changi Airport to arrive and depart the station at shorter intervals. The new platform is expected to be ready by 2024.

Lastly, the first phase of the noise barrier installation works at Admiralty, Marsiling, and Sembawang stations has begun and is on schedule for completion by 2016. LTA is evaluating tender proposals to appoint a contractor for the next set of installation works at nine other locations in Bedok, Eunos, Clementi and Jurong.