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Metro Report InternationalInnovative construction methods to be used to build Singapore metro extension
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority marked the start of construction of the Cross Island Line — Punggol Extension with a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future Riviera station on October 10. The 7·3 km CPE will have four stations at Punggol, Riviera, Elias (provisional name), ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens wins Cross Island Line CBTC contract
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded a €310m contract to Siemens Mobility to provide its CBTC signalling system and full-height platform screen doors on the Cross Island Line. Construction of CRL1, the first phase of Singapore’s eighth fully underground metro line, started in January 2023. Siemens ...
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Metro Report InternationalJohor Bahru – Singapore RTS independent certification contract awarded
ASIA: Malaysia’s Ministry of Transport and Singapore’s Land Transport Authority have appointed a consortium of Systra, Minconsult and Bureau Veritas as independent verification and validation agent for the Johor Bahru – Singapore Rapid Transit System metro. The consortium will undertake assessment and verification to ensure that ...
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Metro Report InternationalJohor Bahru – Singapore Rapid Transit System Link groundbreaking ceremony
ASIA: Construction of the Singapore end of the cross-border metro line to Malaysia has been launched with a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future Woodlands North terminus. The opening of the Johor Bahru – Singapore Rapid Transit System Link is planned for the end ...
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Rapid Transit System Link (Johor Bahru – Singapore)
Cross-border line under construction for 2026 opening. See Singapore network map. The RTS Link will connect Woodlands North at the northwest end of SMRT’s Thomson-East Coast line with Bukit Chagar in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. It is being promoted by Singapore’s Land Transport Authority and Malaysia’s Mass Rapid Transit Corp, with ...
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Metro Report InternationalSingapore – Johor Bahru metro on hold for six more months
ASIA: The RTS Link international metro scheme that would link Singapore with Johor Bahru in Malaysia has been put on hold for a further six months. The government of Singapore has agreed to a request from Malaysia on October 29 for a further extension of the suspension ...
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SBS Transit - Singapore
Operator of North-East and Downtown lines, and two peoplemovers. See Singapore network map. Public transport operator SBS has a 30-year franchise from Land Transport Authority to operate the automated driverless North-East line (NEL: 16 stations, opened in 2003), and the Downtown line (DTL: also automated and driverless). This opened from ...
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Ministry of Transport, Singapore
The ministry oversees development and regulation of civil aviation and air transport, maritime and ports, and land transport. The ministry’s main focus is to formulate policies and facilitate outcomes in the transport arena that will contribute to Singapore’s national competitiveness and raise the quality of life in Singapore. Implementation of ...
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SMRT Corp Ltd (Singapore)
Opened 1987. SMRT operates four lines serving 106 stations. See Singapore network map. SMRT Corporation Ltd is a holding company for several businesses, including SMRT Trains Ltd which operates the North-South, East-West and Circle metro lines, and SMRT Light Rail Pte Ltd, operator of the Bukit Panjang automated light rapid ...
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NewsJohor Bahru – Singapore RTS Link to use metro technology
ASIA: Following their annual retreat, on December 13 Prime Minister of Malaysia Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong welcomed the progress which the bilateral Transportation Links Work Group has made with the developing proposals for the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System ...