Singapore will have two new MRT lines, while three existing lines will be extended. These will double the rail network stretch to 360 kilometres, compared with the current 178 kilometres. By then, eight in 10 households will have a train station within a 10-minute walk, compared with about six in 10 currently. These plans for the rail network followed a review of the Land Transport Master Plan by the...
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The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is constructing two new flyovers and widening parts of Upper Bukit Timah Road and Woodlands Road to improve the overall traffic flow. Upper Bukit Timah Road and Woodlands Road is a key arterial road, serving the Kranji and Mandai industrial estates as well as the Bukit Panjang and Choa Chu Kang residential estates. Currently, it experiences high traffic volumes,...
Details of the eastern section of the Downtown Line are out, and residents of Tampines and Bedok can expect five more rail stations serving their estates. But they may have to wait a little longer than planned, as the line will be completed in 2017. The challenge of engineering works is one of the reasons given for the one-year delay. Residents in the east will have another MRT line to town. The...
Australian construction company McConnell Dowell has clinched the contract to build the Beauty World station at Stage 2 of the Downtown MRT Line. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) says the S$339.88 million project, scheduled to commence in the second quarter of the year, is targeted for completion in 2015. The Beauty World station is located along Upper Bukit Timah Road, off Jalan Jurong Kechil. It...
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...
The massive road intersection between Serangoon and MacPherson Roads will be upgraded at a cost of 130 million Singapore dollars and will be completed in 2011. The Woodsville Interchange is one of the busiest in Singapore. In each hour during peak periods, over 8,500 vehicles ply the four arterial roads that form the intersection. The roads are Serangoon, Upper Serangoon, Bendemeer and MacPherson...
THE number of people intruding into the train track area of above-ground MRT stations has doubled from an average of 16 cases in 2004 and 2005, to 30 in 2006 and 31 last year. So, from next year, platform screen doors will be installed at three above-ground train stations at Yishun, Jurong East and Pasir Ris in a pilot scheme to curb this disturbing trend and enhance passenger safety. And...
* Radical plan for parallel rail lines * Extensions to Tuas, Marina South * Earlier opening of two stations THE problem is a familiar one: The passenger squeeze in MRT trains. The solution is radical — at least in the Singaporean context: Build two new lines that run parallel to the present routes at a cost of $20 billion. One will run from Marina Bay and end at Woodlands, very...
Property prices are expected to rise around ten to 15 per cent around the 100 new MRT stations to be built, analysts said. The government announced Friday that it would pump S$20 billion to double the rail network by 2020. Properties are going to be hot around the new 100 stations, with malls and public facilities expected to draw crowds to the stations. Property consultants are forecasting price...
In a massive new investment, the government will pump in another S$20 billion on new rail lines and extensions islandwide, Transport Minister Raymond Lim announced Friday. This is over and above the S$20 billion the government has already committed for the on-going Boon Lay extension, the Circle Line and the Downtown Line. Mr Lim said the new and extended lines will go to places as diverse as Marine...