The long-term service support contract will see Hitachi Rail support the NEL's Integrated Supervision Control System for the next 15 years.
Rides taken on the NEL and the Sengkang-Punggol LRT system before 07:30am and between 09:00am and 09:45am will be free.
The new BI will be integrated with Punggol Coast MRT station on the NE Line and will commence activities with bus services 34 and 117/M.
The new Hume MRT station will serve residents staying along Hume Avenue, with sheltered linkways enhancing first-and-last mile connectivity.
This last leg centred on renewals and upgrades to the track circuits, power supply and NSEWL train fleet, to pre-emptively detect and address faults.
Manufactured by Alstom, the trains have been undergoing tests since their 2021 arrival, and are better equipped for pre-emptive maintenance.
The first of a total of 106 new trains for the East-West and North-South MRT lines have arrived in Singapore, set to enter service later in 2022.
Transport Minister S. Iswaran has announced that the second stage of the Thomson-East Coast MRT Line will start running on 28 August 2021.
SBS Transit operates the North-East Line and Downtown Line, and these two lines had the highest reliability numbers in 2020.
A train fault occured on the North-South Line late on Friday night, 8 January 2021, but it was cleared and services were progressively restored before midnight.
A power fault on the North-South and East-West lines during the evening rush hour on 14 October 2020 has resulted in delays for commuters.
The LTA has purchased another 40 new trains from Bombardier Transportation as part of the long-term fleet renewal programme for the NSL and EWL.
A train fault extended travelling time on the North-South Line by 15 minutes on the morning of 14 August 2020, the second rail glitch in the week.
The early station closures are to allow for the installation of 22kV power cables as part of the renewal of the power supply system.
A power fault caused a six-hour disruption on the North East Line, with services at Punggol, Sengkang, Buangkok MRT stations hit during morning rush hour.
According to Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan, replacing the power supply system will allow more trains on North-South and East-West lines.
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.
A track fault at HarbourFront MRT station caused delays for about an hour on Friday morning on the North East Line.