MRT network size to double by 2030

MRT network size to double by 2030

MRT network size to double by 2030 Christopher Tan SINGAPORE’S train network is set to double in size over the next 17 years, with two new lines and three extensions announced yesterday. The slew of new projects means 80 per cent of households will be no more than 10 minutes’ walk from a station by 2030, said Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew. They come on top of half a dozen others that are already in various stages of planning and construction. The new projects will boost the size of the network to about 360km – the current size is 178km – and increase the proportion of households within a 10-minute walk of a station from the current 57 per cent. They are: Cross Island Line, a 50km train line running from Changi in the east to Jurong industrial estate in the west. In between, it will link towns and districts such as West Coast, Clementi, Bukit Timah, Sin Ming, Ang Mo Kio, ...

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