East–West Line

!	TRAVEL ADVISORY					!
	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. From Saturday, 7 December 2024 to 10 December 2024. There will be no train service between Tampines station and Tanah Merah station with Simei station being closed. This is to prepare for the opening of the new East Coast Integrated Depot (ECID) in 2026, LTA and SMRT will be undertaking a series of works to facilitate the connection of tracks from the existing East–West Line to the ECID. Shuttle Buses will be operating at intervals of 5 mins. Please refer here for more information on the adjustments. here for Shuttle Bus and Train arrangements. here for the work map. From Tuesday, 10 December 2024, Punggol Coast station on the North East Line will open. Please refer here for more information. From Sunday, 24 November 2024, Bus Services 39 , 175 & 804 will call at new bus stops. Please refer here for more information. On Sunday, 24 November 2024, Bus Services 10 , 14 16 , 70M & 196 will be affected by road closure on Nicoll Highway from the First Bus to 10.00am. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 25 November 2024, City Direct Service 674 will be introduced from Tengah Drive to the Central Business District (CBD), operating during morning and evening peak hours. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 25 November 2024, City Direct Service 666 will be extended to Bayfront Avenue, Temasek Avenue, Temasek Boulevard and Raffles Boulevard. An additional trip will operate during morning peak period and its frequency will be improved from 15 minutes to 10 minutes. Please refer here for more information. From Sunday, 1 December 2024, Compassvale Bus Interchange will close following the opening of Buangkok Bus Interchange. Bus Services 110 , 114 & 156 will be amended to operate from Buangkok Bus Interchange while Bus Service 374 will be amended to operate from Sengkang Interchange. Please refer to the following for more information. From Sunday, 8 December 2024, Bus Services 84G & 84W will each call at an additional bus stop outside and opposite Blk 437B respectively. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 9 December 2024, Supplementary Bus Service 298X will be introduced to provide a faster connection to the Tampines town centre and transport hub for residents in the Tampines North and west areas. 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, 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 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	Switched 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
2	Pasir Ris		Pasir Ris	Terminus Future Interchange with Cross Island Line
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

2

. 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