Singapore's Mrt (mass Rapid Transit) - The Four Lines And Extension

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MRT is the wonderful gift of public transport system. It is the backbone of railway systems in Singapore . It connects the entire city-state . It consumes less time than roaming in Singapore by bus. It has totally 79 junctions and 78 junctions are working . It operates from morning 5:30 till 1 am every day . Let us see more about the MRT here.

The different Lines :

MRT networks wraps the whole Singapore with 4 different lines. MRT has stations which connects through underground . They are strong enough to endure bomb attacks and they help as a bomb shelters.

There are 4 colors have been used to describe the 4 lines . They are North South Line (red), East West Line (green), North East Line (purple) and Circle Line (yellow).

North South Line: (NS)

It was the first MRT line in Singapore. The line operates around 25 stations currently . It is totally 44 km long and administered by SMRT Corporation. It was represented in red color on the rail map . The line bounds the central Singapore to both northern part and the southern parts of this country . Hence , it has named as North South Line.
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... starting line was established between Yio Chu Kang to Toa Payoh in 7th of Nov 1987 . It is running through City Hall, Marina Bay, Yishun, Jurong East and Choa Chu Kang.

East West Line: (EW)

It has constructed after NS line in Singapore. It has 31 stations and administered by SMRT corporation. It expands about 49.2 km long. It is colored in green on the rail map. It has been opened on the 12th of December 1987 . The first track was from City Hall to Outram Park. It ties the central Singapore to both the western and eastern parts of the island. Hence, it was named as East West Line .

The first system consists of City Hall, Outram Park, Clementi, Lake Side, Tanah Merah, Paris Ris, Jurong East, Choa Chu Kang and Boon Lay. It has developed to 2nd phase where the line extends to Expo, Dover, Changi Airport and Joo Koon.

North East Line : (NEL)

North East Line is the third line constructed in Singapore. It has 16 junctions and managed by SBS transit. Also it is the world's second top wholly underground line . It has begun on 20th June 2003. It is mechanical and runs without driver. This line has the length of 20 km. This line has marked in purple on the MRT map.

It joins the central Singapore to the north-eastern part of the Island.

Circle Line: (CCL)

It is the orbital line running through all the radial lines. It runs through the entire middle areas of Singapore. CCL is the fourth MRT line in Singapore. It has 31 junctions and 35.7 km long. It has monitored by SMRT corporation. It is the world's longest completely automatic metro line. It is colored in yellow on the rail map.

It has begun on May 28th, 2009 from Bartley to Marymount.

Expansion of the Network:

MRT system relied on the North South Line and East West Line for more than a decade. Plans for the progress of these lines are currently under construction. Its estimated daily ridership in 2020 would have developed to 4.6 million from the present count of 1.4 million customers . The building will bring the MRT network to 278 km by 2020.

The government planned a railway network of 540 kilometers by 2050 which will be more extensive than London's 408 km tube system.

The progress of CCL is also under construction. The 6th stage construction is in progress . It will enlarge to Marian Bay by 2012.
The new projects of Downtown Line, Thomson Line and Eastern Region Line are in growth. They look forward to be accomplished by 2013, 2018 and 2020 correspondingly.

Also there are many extensions of the existing lines have designed and the works are in growth.

MRT is faster than any public transport systems in Singapore. So it's become popular and it acquires around 1.952 million ridership daily . It is a world class local transport system . Journey planning has increased among people because of MRT.

Tracy Barb is traveling around South East Asia since her earliest childhood. She loves Singapore and likes to write about it. Therefore she became an expert in this topic and is working for Guidegecko.com, an online travel book store. If you are looking for a Singapore travel guide or a travel guide for other destinations, she recommends you to visit www.guidegecko.com.