A 30-year old working with transport operator SMRT died on 23 March 2020 after suffering severe injuries in the course of his work at Bishan Depot.
LTA has awarded a $739.5 million project to the China Railway 11 Bureau Group Corporation (Singapore Branch) to build Tengah Depot for the Jurong Region Line.
Minister for Transport Khaw Boon Wan says that the East Coast Integrated Depot, which incorporates three MRT depots with one bus depot, will save $2 billion.
The new Tuas Bus Terminal in Tuas West Drive will open on 7th October while the existing one will cease operations on the same day.
The Tuas depot is set to take in trains next month, with the mega facility featuring new technologies to boost repair efficiency amid expanding fleet.
Singapore's first and largest rail depot, the Bishan Depot, is set to run on solar power by the end of October 2016.
In addition to engineers and technicians performing necessary tests and preparations, religious leaders were called upon to bless the DTL2 depot.
The 12ha facility, which stables trains for the Circle Line, will be expanded by another 16ha, allowing it to hold 133 trains, up from the current 70.
Singapore's sixth rail depot, which is situated in Woodlands and used to maintain and store trains for the Downtown Line, will be ready in July.
SMRT said it is working with authorities to address security vulnerabilities found at its Bishan Depot, which resulted in a train being vandalised last month.
Two German men were arrested in Kuala Lumpur International Airport for their suspected involvement in vandalising at train at Bishan Depot earlier this month.
The hole in the fence at the Ang Mo Kio bus depot, which was suspected to be caused by an act of mischief, was actually due to an unreported traffic accident.
An intruder is suspected to have entered the Ang Mo Kio bus depot via a cut fence. It is the second breach into a depot this month.
Graffiti on the exterior of an SMRT train was discovered in Bishan Depot early Saturday morning, before it was put into service.
LTA has announced a new world's first four-in-one train and bus depot, which could house as much as 220 trains and 550 buses.
Commuters heading towards Expo or Changi Airport can look forward to faster travel from 2024 after construction of a fourth platform is complete.
Fingerprints of SMRT staff working in the early hours of the 5th of May at Bishan depot have been obtained by local police.
Detailed inspection of the perimeter fence at SMRT's Bishan depot, where a vandalised train was found, did not reveal any signs of breach of entry.
In the third incident in four years, a train at SMRT's Bishan depot was vandalised last Monday. Police investigations is ongoing.
Two carriages of a new train that was undergoing testing at Bishan Depot yesterday derailed but thankfully no one was injured.