Five North East Line stations will close early on some days in November, to facilitate track maintenance and component replacement works.
The LTA has announced that its contracts for new trains and railway systems will now ask suppliers to base servicing support in Singapore.
The NEL clocked an average of 955,000 train-km between delays, putting it on a par in terms of reliability with the networks in Hong Kong and Taipei.
Losses mount for rail operator SMRT Trains, as maintenance expenditure now accounts for 71% of rail-fare revenue, up from 45% just three years ago.
Five stations along the North East Line will close earlier on Fridays and Saturdays in July to facilitate maintenance and renewal works.
Commuters taking the North-South and East-West Line should expect longer train service intervals and early closures at selected stations from April to June.
The Bukit Panjang LRT network will close earlier at 11:30pm daily from 13 January to allow engineers to step up maintenance and system renewal works.
Train service between Gul Circle and Boon Lay stations on the East-West Line was delayed after an SMRT employee was injured while carrying out maintenance work.
Seven MRT stations along the North-South Line will close earlier on Fridays and Saturdays and open later on the weekends in May.
The Bukit Panjang LRT network will be closed every Sunday for 11 weeks, starting 15th April, as part of maintenance works to improve the system.
SMRT has appointed two chief maintenance officers and one chief operations officer to strengthen its maintenance regime and engineering capabilities.
SMRT will be outsourcing more non-rail maintenance work such as the servicing of tunnel pumps, air-conditioning and tunnel ventilation systems.
10 MRT stations on the East-West Line will have shorter operating hours at weekends next month, as well as two full-day closures on Sundays.
There will be limited service on the Sengkang-Punggol LRT on Sunday mornings in January and February next year to facilitate maintenance and upgrading work.
SMRT has fired eight staff and taken disciplinary action against three others involved in the falsification of maintenance records for an anti-flooding system.
The failure of a group of SMRT staff to carry out maintenance duties leading to an MRT tunnel flooding in October had negated the good work of others.
The SMRT team responsible for maintaining a train tunnel pump system that malfunctioned may have falsified records.
SMRT has announced that it plans to hire 40 percent more rail engineers by 2020 and set up readiness inspection teams to audit maintenance works.
In response to last Saturday's tunnel flooding, SMRT has announced that it has replaced a senior executive in charge of maintenance and systems.
SBS Transit will tie-up and work with Singapore Technologies Kinetics to strengthen its rail maintenance and engineering capabilities.