East–West Line

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	From Sunday, 14 November 2024 to 31 October 2025, Train services on the Bukit Panjang LRT will end an hour earlier at 22:30 every Thursday to Sunday (except Public Holidays). This is to facilitate the upgrading of the BPLRT signalling system, as well as the testing of the new and retrofitted Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) on the BPLRT network. Please refer here for more information. Train services will be extended on the eve of Christmas (Tuesday, 24 December 2024), and on the eve of New Year (Tuesday, 31 December 2024). Selected bus service will be extended to coincide with the last train timings. There will also be a change in selected bus service operating timing. Please refer to the following for more information: (Extension of Train & Bus service operating hours) (Change in bus service's Operating Hours for Christmas & New Year Eves) (Extension of bus operating hours on Christmas Eve) (Extension of bus operating hours on New Year Eve) (Change in bus service's Operating Hours for Christmas Eve) (Extension of bus operating hours on Christmas Eve) (Extension of bus operating hours on New Year Eve) (Change in bus service's Operating Hours for Christmas & New Year Eves, Service 43e) (Change in bus service's Operating Hours for Christmas & New Year Eves) From 22 December 2024, bus service 193 will serve an additional bus stop along Benoi Road, opposite Joo Koon Interchange. Please refer here for more information. From Thursday, 2 January 2025, City Direct Services 675, 676, 677 & 678 will be introduced to provide a faster connection to the city for commuters along the North-East Corridor. Please refer here for more information. From Sunday, 12 January 2025, bus service 967 will be introduced to enhance connectivity for commuters in Marsiling and Admiralty to nearby transport nodes and local amenities in Woodlands. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 13 January 2025, bus service 912M will be withdrawn with the introduction of new bus service 967 under the Land Transport Authority’s Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme (BCEP). Please refer here for more information.

East West Line 东西线 கிழக்கு மேற்கு வரி
Statistics
Status	Operational
Termini	Pasir Ris Tuas Link Changi Airport
Stations	35
Services	2
Operator(s)
Rolling stock	C151, C651, C751B, C151A, C151B
Line length	57.2 km
Track gauge	1,435 mm standard gauge
Electrification	750V DC Third rail

East West Line (EWL) is the second Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line. Traveling from one end to the other takes about 80 minutes. The line is currently 56.7 km long with 35 stations, making it the longest MRT line.

History

Date	Event
12 December 1987	City Hall - Outram Park
12 March 1988	Outram Park - Clementi
5 November 1988	Clementi - Lakeside
4 November 1989	City Hall - Tanah Merah
	Separation of North South Line and East West Line
16 December 1989	Tanah Merah - Pasir Ris
10 March 1990	Jurong East - Choa Chu Kang
6 July 1990	Lakeside - Boon Lay
10 February 1996	Jurong East - Choa Chu Kang became part of North South Line
10 January 2001	Tanah Merah - Expo
18 October 2001	Dover (Station added on operational line)
8 February 2002	Expo - Changi Airport
28 February 2009	Boon Lay - Joo Koon
18 June 2017	Joo Koon - Tuas Link
27 May 2018	Switching from Fixed Block Signaling system to Communication Based Train Control Signalling System.

Stations

Alpha-Numeric Code	Station Name	Image	Working names	Notes
File:MRTFFF.png East West Line
1	Pasir Ris		Pasir Ris	Terminus
2	Tampines		Tampines	Interchange with Downtown Line
1	Simei		Simei
1	Tanah Merah		Bedok, Changi	Terminus (Changi Airport Extension)
1	Bedok		Chai Chee
1	Kembangan		Frankel
1	Eunos		Eunos
2	Paya Lebar		Paya Lebar	Interchange with Circle Line
1	Aljunied		Aljunied
1	Kallang		Geylang
1	Lavender		Crawford
2	Bugis		Rochore, Victoria	Interchange with Downtown Line
2	City Hall		Saint Andrew's	Interchange with North–South Line
2	Raffles Place		Central	Interchange with North–South Line
1	Tanjong Pagar		Maxwell
3	Outram Park		Outram Park	Interchange with North East Line Future Interchange with Thomson–East Coast Line
1	Tiong Bahru		Tiong Bahru
1	Redhill		Alexandra
1	Queenstown		Princess, Commonwealth
1	Commonwealth		Queenstown
2	Buona Vista		North Buona Vista	Interchange with Circle Line
1	Dover		Polytechnic
1	Clementi		Clementi
3	Jurong East		Jurong, Jurong Town	Interchange with North–South Line Future Interchange with Jurong Region Line
1	Chinese Garden		Jurong Lake
1	Lakeside		Corporation
2	Boon Lay		Jurong West	Future Interchange with Jurong Region Line
1	Pioneer		Pioneer
1	Joo Koon		Joo Koon
1	Gul Circle		Tuas
1	Tuas Crescent		Tuas Crescent
1	Tuas West Road		Tuas West
1	Tuas Link		Tuas Link	Terminus
File:MRTFFF.png East West Line (Changi Airport Extension)
2	Expo		Somapah	Interchange with Downtown Line
1	Changi Airport		Changi Airport	Terminus

Notes:

To differentiate between the Main Line and the Changi Airport Extension, Tanah Merah will have the code of

2S

. However, the official code for Tanah Merah remains as (EW4).

Services

Service	Starting	Terminate at	Notes
Full	Pasir Ris	Tuas Link
Full	Tuas Link Joo Koon	Pasir Ris
Partial	Pasir Ris	Joo Koon	After every Tuas Link bound
Full	Tanah Merah	Changi Airport
Full	Changi Airport	Tanah Merah
Special	Pasir Ris	Yew Tee	Operates during evening peak hours in the event of longer waiting times along NSL.

Rolling stock

The rolling stock consists of Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151, Siemens C651, Kawasaki Heavy Industries & Nippon Sharyo C751B, Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Qingdao Sifang C151A, Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Qingdao Sifang C151B and Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang C151C trains. These trains operate from three depots along the line, Ulu Pandan Depot near Jurong East station, Changi Depot near Tanah Merah station and Tuas Depot near Tuas Link station.

References

Railway Lines in Singapore		[ V • T • E ]
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)	North–South Line • East–West Line • North East Line • Circle Line • Downtown Line • Thomson–East Coast Line
	FutureJurong Region Line • Cross Island Line
Light Rail Transit (LRT)	Bukit Panjang LRT • Sengkang LRT • Punggol LRT
Cross-border	KTM Intercity
	FutureJohor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System
Others	Changi Airport Skytrain • Sentosa Express
	DefunctSentosa Monorail