East–West Line

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Template:Code/1 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, C151C
Line length	55.7 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 55.7 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 integrated to North–South Line
10 January 2001	Tanah Merah - Expo
18 October 2001	Dover (Added on operational line)
8 February 2002	Expo - Changi Airport
28 February 2009	Boon Lay - Joo Koon
4 September 2010 - 5 September 2010	Clementi - Jurong East suspended due to the construction of Jurong East Modification Project (JEMP)
18 June 2017	Joo Koon - Tuas Link
16 November 2017 - 19 November 2017	Joo Koon - Tuas Link suspended due to the Joo Koon train collision
20 November 2017 - 26 May 2018	Joo Koon - Gul Circle suspended due to the Joo Koon train collision (Except 10 December, 17 December 2017, 29 April, 6 May, 13 May and 20 May 2018)
10 December 2017	Clementi - Jurong East suspended due to the upgrading of signaling system on the East–West Line
17 December 2017
27 May 2018	Switched from Fixed Block Signaling system to Communication Based Train Control Signalling System.

1993 Clementi train collision

On 5 August 1993, before opening, a maintenance vehicle spilt oil on the tracks between Clementi and Jurong East. The first ten trains reported braking problems, then the eleventh train from Jurong stopped at the Clementi station for two minutes longer than scheduled due to it using its emergency brakes to stop at the station at 7.50am, before being hit by another train when it failed to stop in time. 156 passengers were injured by the collision.

2015 train disruption

On 7 July 2015 at about 7.20pm, both the North–South Line and East–West Line were temporarily disrupted due to massive power trips detected along the line. Train service resumed at 10.35pm at a reduced speed. The cause of the disruption was due to damaged insulators which caused a failure to properly supply power.

2016 Pasir Ris accident

At about 11.08am on 22 March 2016, two SMRT track-maintenance trainee staff were killed after a C151 train approaching Pasir Ris station ran over them,, resulting in a temporarily service disruption between Pasir Ris and Tanah Merah.

In the investigation report, the two trainee staff joined SMRT in January 2016 and worked as technicians under a technical team of 15 staff led by a supervisor and were tasked to go down to the tracks to investigate an alarm triggered by a possible signalling equipment fault close by the station. An operator cited that they were granted access to the tracks, but did not coordinate with a Signal Unit in the station to ensure trains could not travel in the area where the team was.

2017 Joo Koon train collision

On 15 November 2017 at 8.18am, 2 C151A trains collided at Joo Koon station. A train fault caused the first train heading in the direction of Tuas Link to stall at the station. A minute later, a second train stopped behind the first and then "moved forward unexpectedly", resulting in the collision. 36 passengers and 2 SMRT staff sustained light to moderate injuries, and have been conveyed to nearby hospitals.

Investigation found that the first train had a safety protection feature removed when it went over a faulty signalling circuit. That safety protection feature was designed to fix a known bug which wrongly designated the six-car train as a three-car train under certain circumstances. While the first train was being detrained and the automatic platform doors were opened, a separate protection module was activated to block off the entire length of the platform at Joo Koon station. The module notified the second train's signalling computer that the Joo Koon station's westbound platform was occupied and to stay clear of the platform. The second train stopped at the correct distance behind the first train while the automatic platform doors were open. However, once the doors were closed, the platform length protection module was removed. When the signalling on the second train detected the first train as only three cars instead of six, it started moving to close the perceived gap between both trains for the distance of three cars, thus allowing the acceleration of the second train and the rear-end collision with the first train.

Stations

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

Notes: The official code for Tanah Merah remains as Template:Code/1.

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 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