Two more Circle Line MRT stations will open for service next Saturday. Train frequency at Bayfront and Marina Bay stations will be seven minutes during peak hours. Train operator SMRT said during off-peak hours, commuters can take shuttle train services from Stadium, Nicoll Highway and Promenade stations to Bayfront and Marina Bay stations. Out of five exits at Bayfront, four will link to the Marina Bay...
MRT Circle Line
The final twelve stations of the Circle Line running from Marymount to HarbourFront will start operating on October 8. Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew announced this as he visited two new Circle Line stations at Holland Village and Caldecott on Monday. The opening of the final 16.6 km stretch will mark the completion of the entire Circle Line which has 28 stations. The expected daily ridership for the...
The Botanic Gardens, Holland Village and the National University of Singapore (NUS) will be connected to the rail network by the fourth quarter of this year. The 12 stations from Caldecott to HarbourFront are expected to boost travel on the line. There were an average of 154,000 riders a day on the central and eastern sections of the line as of September last year, up from 30,000 in 2009. The Circle Line...
More property owners are looking to cash in on their homes near the Circle Line train network, even as the property market powers on. Property experts said that there has been a 10- to 20-per-cent rise in interest in selling such properties since the 11 new Circle Line stations opened on April 17. Dennis Wee Properties, for instance, has seen sales interest increase 20 per cent over the past two...
Real estate agents said more owners are looking to cash in on their homes near the Circle Line train network, even as the property market powers on. They said there has been a 10 to 20 per cent rise in interest in selling those properties since the 11 new Circle Line stations opened on April 17. The Circle Line network moves over 200,000 commuters a day. Market watchers said it's also moving properties...
The opening of the second phase of the Circle Line MRT in April is definitely something to look forward to for residents living nearby. But those looking to sell or rent their homes are set to benefit as well. Property agents said the opening of the 11 new stations along the Circle Line is likely to push property prices up. Agents MediaCorp spoke to estimate home prices will increase by 10 per cent while...
The second phase of the Circle Line will open to passengers on April 17. The 11-station stretch, from Bartley to Dhoby Ghaut stations, will start operations almost a year after the first five stations were opened to the public last May. With this new opening, about half the Circle Line or about 16 stations will connect commuters to places like the new Sports Hub through Stadium Station, to Suntec via...
The next phase of the Circle Line – Stages 1 and 2 – will start operations in the first half of 2010. Transport Minister Raymond Lim revealed this at a dialogue session in Bukit Panjang on Sunday. Its exact opening date, however, will only be finalised after engineers complete the necessary tests. The first five stations on the Circle Line opened for service on May 28. Even though ridership has not...
Public transport ridership has been going up - and with it comes more crowding. To ease the situation, the government announced that two rail projects - Jurong East Modification project and the North-South Line extension - are being brought forward, and 22 new trains being bought. Still, with the changes only kicking in by 2011, the squeeze will still be on for a while. Last year, public transport...