29 new trains to be added to NS and EW lines
SINGAPORE — Twenty-nine new trains will be added to the North-South and East-West Lines in order to meet higher ridership demand, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and SMRT said in a joint news release today (Sept 30).
29 new trains will be added to the North-South Line and East-West Line. Photo: Facebook/Land Transport Authority
SINGAPORE — Twenty-nine new trains will be added to the North-South and East-West Lines in order to meet higher ridership demand, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and SMRT said in a joint news release today (Sept 30).
Together with the procurement of 41 trains earlier announced by the LTA and SMRT in March 2013, these 29 new trains will bring the total fleet for both lines to 198 by 2019. This is a 40 per cent increase from the current fleet.
The new trains are expected to arrive progressively between 2016 and 2019. Apart from easing crowding along the more heavily-utilised stretches of the NSEWL, the bigger train fleet will also allow more trains to undergo critical maintenance works and older trains to be upgraded as part of the ongoing programme to improve the NSEWL’s signalling system.
The additional 70 trains in total will also meet the higher ridership needs of an expanded MRT network, when the Tuas West Extension on the East-West Line and the Canberra station on the North-South Line open.
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