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LTA awards 4 contracts for Thomson Line
SINGAPORE - The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded four civil contracts, T201, T203, T209 and T210 with a total value of around $1.04 billion for three Thomson Line stations and adjacent...
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SINGAPORE - The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded four civil contracts, T201, T203, T209 and T210 with a total value of around $1.04 billion for three Thomson Line stations and adjacent...
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Train travel times up on older MRT tracks
If it seems like it takes longer than usual to get to work by train on the North-South-East-West Line, that is because it is.Travelling times have been extended by about 10 minutes, a delay that could...
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Disabled can 'move around more'
Wheelchair user Vinayagan Mohan spends about $70 a month on bus and train fares, mainly to commute from his home in Serangoon to his office near Tai Seng MRT station.The 25-year-old, who promotes...
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Machines to accelerate MRT sleeper replacement
So far, four of the so-called Road-Rail Vehicles have arrived. They will mechanise the replacement of sleepers (thick timber planks on which rail tracks rest), a process that has been largely manual...
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Land Transport Authority awards two contracts for Thomson Line
About $757 million dollars' worth of contracts has been awarded by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to two companies, for the construction of two stations for the upcoming Thomson MRT Line.Get the...
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LTA awards 2 contracts for Thomson Line's Woodlands North and Napier Stations
SINGAPORE - The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded two civil contracts, T202 and T217, with a total value of around $526 million.Scope of contractsContract T202 for the construction of...
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SINGAPORE - The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded two civil contracts, T202 and T217, with a total value of around $526 million.Scope of contractsContract T202 for the construction of...
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Open house of stage one of the Downtown Line on Saturday
The 4.3km-long DTL1 will open on Dec 22 with six stations - Chinatown, Telok Ayer, Downtown, Bayfront, Promenade and Bugis. During the open house, visitors can take unlimited free rides along the line...
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Tests to start on new MRT signal system
Trials of a new signalling system that will help trains run at a higher frequency will begin on a section of the East-West MRT Line from next April.Thales Solution Asia, the firm handling the...
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4 hurt in MRT escalator in incident
Four people were injured at an escalator in Orchard MRT station on Monday evening.A Singapore Civil Defence Force spokesman said that two girls, aged 13 and 11, suffered lacerations and abrasions on...
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Slight delay on North-South Line due to third rail repair works
SINGAPORE - SMRT spokesman Alina Boey said the defective third rail between Ang Mo Kio and Bishan MRT stations was detected Thursday morning by a Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT) placed...
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'Adequate measures' at AMK station
SINGAPORE - There were adequate measures in place at the Ang Mo Kio MRT station to keep passengers reasonably safe, and the risk of passengers falling onto the train tracks was "minuscule".This was why...
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Train service reliability improved in 2013; more train trips to be added: LTA
The number of train delays last year has gone down compared to 2012, based on latest figures from the Land Transport Authority (LTA). Across the MRT network, the number of incidents causing delays of...
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Free Wi-Fi soon at major MRT stations
SINGAPORE - In just half a year, free wireless Internet could be on tap at an MRT station near you.Yesterday, the Land Transport Authority released more details of its plan to give commuters Wi-Fi...
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LTA says train delays in 2013 down
SINGAPORE - The number of train delays last year has gone down compared with 2012, based on latest figures from the Land Transport Authority (LTA).Across the MRT network, the number of incidents...
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Shorter wait on MRT with more train trips
SINGAPORE - Rail commuters can expect trains to arrive more frequently - especially during off-peak periods, even as the number of delays across the network has come down.The Land Transport Authority...
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Downtown Line's upscale look
Stage 1 of the new Downtown Line opened last month, connecting Chinatown MRT station to Bugis MRT station, with four other stations in between: Telok Ayer, Downtown, Bayfront and Promenade.The current...
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Stage 1 of the new Downtown Line opened last month, connecting Chinatown MRT station to Bugis MRT station, with four other stations in between: Telok Ayer, Downtown, Bayfront and Promenade.The current...
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