MRT

First train for Cross Island Line arrives in Singapore, will undergo testing

Phase one of the Cross Island Line is expected to be completed by 2030.

New Circle Line signs to show ‘clockwise’ and ‘anticlockwise’ train directions

As the line would operate as a closed loop, commuters will need to navigate between clockwise and anticlockwise service routes.

The Circle Line’s almost complete. Its walkways don’t have to be empty

Art panels along a walkway at a Thomson East-Coast Line MRT station.

Navigation app for visually impaired people expanded to 15 new transport locations

jowaymap - Mr Anselm De Mello, Waymap's head of Southeast Asia, demonstrating the app outside Chinatown MRT station.
Credit: Waymap

MRT construction worker dies after being hit by concrete slab at Cross Island Line work site

The 23-year-old victim was struck by a temporary concrete section during hacking, said the Ministry of Manpower.

MRT reliability in April hits highest level since Nov 2024; most lines improve except CCL, TEL

On average, MRT trains clocked 2.22 million train-km between delays lasting more than five minutes between May 2025 and April 2026.

Keppel, Cantonment, Prince Edward Road MRT stations on Circle Line to open on July 12

Announced in 2015, the 4km stretch was originally slated to be operational in 2025, but was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bus, train services extended on eve of Hari Raya Haji, Vesak Day

Commuters can stay out later as selected train and bus services will be extended on May 26 and 30.

In Perspective

Humanoid robots at MRT stations in 10-15 years: Panellists at ST roundtable on future of transport

(From left) ST’s Asia News Network editor Shefali Rekhi, LTA's deputy chief executive of infrastructure and development Yee Boon Cheow, SMRT’s group chief engineering officer Ang Hang Guan, NUS Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering associate professor Raymond Ong and SUTD research assistant professor Samuel Chng on April 21.

In Perspective

Maintaining MRT system more complex as network ages: ST roundtable panellists

(From left) ST’s Asia News Network editor Shefali Rekhi, LTA deputy chief executive of infrastructure and development Yee Boon Cheow, SMRT’s group chief engineering officer Ang Hang Guan, NUS Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Raymond Ong and SUTD research assistant professor Samuel Chng on April 21.

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