  Thomson–East Coast Line | |||
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 Woodlands MRT Station (TEL) under construction | |||
| Overview | |||
| Native name | Malay: Laluan MRT Thomson-Pantai Timur Chinese :汤申-东海岸地铁线 Tamil: தாம்சன் - ஈஸ்ட் கோஸ்ட் எம்ஆர்டி வழி | ||
| Type | Rapid transit | ||
| System | Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) | ||
| Status | Under construction | ||
| Termini | Woodlands North Sungei Bedok Tanah Merah (2040) | ||
| Stations | 32 (under construction) | ||
| Services | 1 | ||
| Daily ridership | 500,000 (expected) | ||
| Operation | |||
| Planned opening | End-January 2020 (Stage 1) 2020 (Stage 2) 2021 (Stage 3) 2023 (Stage 4) 2024 (Stage 5) 2025 (Founders' Memorial MRT station) 2040 (extension to Changi Airport) | ||
| Owner | Land Transport Authority | ||
| Operator(s) | SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) | ||
| Character | Fully Underground | ||
| Depot(s) | Mandai (Future) East Coast (Future) | ||
| Rolling stock | CT251 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 43 km (27 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
| Electrification | 750 V DC Third Rail [1] | ||
| Operating speed | 90 km/h (56 mph) | ||
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The Thomson–East Coast Line (TEL) is a medium-capacity Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Singapore that is currently under construction, being the sixth line to be built. The line was announced on 15 August 2014 by the Land Transport Authority as a merger of the then planned Thomson Line (TSL) and the Eastern Region Line (ERL). [2] The stretch from Woodlands North to Gardens by the Bay costs around S$18 billion. The line will open in five stages from 2020 onwards, and interchanges with all existing lines. When fully opened, it is expected to serve about 500,000 commuters daily in the initial years, rising to one million commuters daily in the long term. It will be the fourth MRT line to be operated by SMRT, after the North South Line, East West Line and the Circle Line and also the fourth to be completely automated and driverless. The line is coloured brown on the rail map.
The Mass Rapid Transit, abbreviated and referred to in local parlance as the MRT, is a heavy rail system that constitutes most of the urban and suburban rapid transit network and the wider railway network in Singapore, spanning most of the city-state's main island. The first section of the MRT opened on 7 November 1987, and the network has since grown rapidly in accordance with Singapore's aim of developing a comprehensive rail network as the backbone of the public transport system in Singapore, with an average daily ridership of 3.302 million in 2018, approximately 82% of the bus network's 4.037 million in the same period.
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island city-state in Southeast Asia. The country is situated one degree north of the equator, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, with Indonesia's Riau Islands to the south and Peninsular Malaysia to the north. Singapore's territory consists of one main island along with 62 other islets. Since independence, extensive land reclamation has increased its total size by 23%.
The Land Transport Authority is a statutory board under the Ministry of Transport of Government of Singapore.
Contents
- History
- Thomson stretch
- East Coast stretch
- Merger
- TEL extension
- Stations
- Train control
- References
- External links
The fully underground line is 43 km (27 mi) long and consists of 32 stations, and will be among the world's longest driverless rapid transit lines. It will run through a combined north-south and east-west corridor, starting in the north at Woodlands town, then passing through the towns of Ang Mo Kio and Bishan, after that heading south to the residential estates of Thomson and Stevens, the shopping districts of Orchard Road and Marina Bay, then running eastwards along the east coast through Kallang, Marine Parade and Bedok South, before ending at Upper East Coast. The line will be served by Mandai Depot and East Coast Integrated Depot. [3] By 31 December 2024, the planned Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link will interchange the line's Woodlands North terminus, allowing it to extend to Malaysia. [4] The Land Transport Authority announced on 11 August 2017 that stations along the line will accept only cashless payments after the existing lines were converted in December 2018. [5]
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail, metro, subway, tube, U-Bahn or underground, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. Unlike buses or trams, rapid transit systems are electric railways that operate on an exclusive right-of-way, which cannot be accessed by pedestrians or other vehicles of any sort, and which is often grade separated in tunnels or on elevated railways.
Woodlands is a planning area and residential town located in the North Region of Singapore. The town is connected to Malaysia's city of Johor Bahru, via the Johor-Singapore Causeway. It is the regional centre for the North Region.
Ang Mo Kio, often abbreviated as AMK, is a planning area and residential town situated in the North-East of Singapore. Ang Mo Kio is the 3rd most populated planning area in the North-East Region and ranks 8th in terms of population in the country overall. The planning area is located at the south-western corner of the North-East Region, bordered by the planning areas of Yishun to the north, Sengkang to the north-east, Serangoon to the east, Bishan to the south and the Central Water Catchment to the west.
