LTA has called a tender to appoint a contractor for the addition and alteration works, which are expected to begin in 2025.
By 2030, more than 50 new stations will be added to our rail network and bring eight in 10 households within 10 minutes of a train station.
These will facilitate rail works for the TEL Stage 4 and CCL Stage 6, which are slated to commence passenger service in 2024 and 2026 respectively.
Initial plans to expand Singapore's rail network by more than 50% will now be delayed as a result of the impact of COVID-19.
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.
Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said Singapore's rail network is on course to meet a new level of reliability.
Minister of Transport Khaw Boon Wan sets new rail network reliability target as MRT becomes three times as dependable as in 2015.
In March, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said the MRT system should hit 300,000 train-km between delays of more than five minutes this year.
Despite slight rise in the number of major delays, the overall performance of the MRT network improved by 30 percent last year, said the Ministry of Transport.
Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan has set a new target for rail network reliability this year of 200,000km travelled by train between delays.
International engineering firm Parsons Brinckerhoff clinches contract to conduct a comprehensive health check on Singapore's rail network.
An independent consultant will be brought in to examine the rail network, as engineers are still unable to find the root cause of the breakdown.
The Land Transport Authority has called for tender for experts to assess the condition of the entire rail system to help solve reliability issues.
The Land Transport Authority has released a report outlining progress of changes, as well as upcoming improvements, to the rail network.
Discussion between transport operator SMRT and the Land Transport Authority about the shift to a new rail financing framework is nowhere close to an agreement.
Minimising train disruptions during morning peak hours must be a top priority for both rail operators said Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew yesterday.
Three civil contracts have been awarded by LTA to construct the Sin Ming, Havelock and Marina Bay MRT stations on the Thomson Line.
Local transport operator SMRT will move to adopt the PAS55 - a set of international standards - which will help to improve its procedures.
Prime Minister Lee officially opens Downtown Line Stage 1 on Saturday morning, marking the first step of plans to double the nation's rail network by 2030.
Thales, a French transport systems giant, has opened a $10 million regional integration centre in Changi yesterday.