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.
Beyond just dollar costs, it's only fair to involve commuting pattern shifts, and the safety and efficiency of our public transportation in conversations.
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.
Manufactured by Alstom, the trains have been undergoing tests since their 2021 arrival, and are better equipped for pre-emptive maintenance.
The MRT network has clocked 1.6 million train-km between delays for the period ended June 2020, up from 1.4 million in the first quarter.
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 MRT network's reliability continued to improve in the first nine months of this year, with train-km between delays breaching the one million mark.
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.
The MRT network hit a new high in a measure of reliability, with trains clocking an average of 690,000km between delays last year.
Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said Singapore's rail network is on course to meet a new level of reliability.
SMRT is assuring the public that its trains do not contain asbestos, a material that is highly hazardous to health and which is banned in Singapore.
Even as efforts are made to ramp up the reliability of older MRT lines, the authorities are also finding new ways to improve newer networks.
The formula, which was reviewed, will include a new component, which takes into account the expansion of the transport network and ridership on it.
More than 100 train drivers took part in a five-hour trial of an upgraded signalling system on both the North-South and East-West lines yesterday.
19 MRT stations located within and around the Central Business District will soon have a new network map that helps commuters save time on their trips.
Singapore's public transport network is set to go fully cashless by 2020, with all bus and train rides, as well as travel card top-ups, to be paid without cash.
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.