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 on the East–West Line 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. On Saturday, 30 November, Services 10 , 11 , 12 , 14 , 16 / 16M , 31 , 32 , 33 , 36 , 56 , 57 , 70 , 77 , 97 , 100 , 106 , 107 , 111 , 130 , 131 , 133 , 158 , 167 , 195 , 196 , 502 , 518 , 857 , 960 / 960e & 961 will be diverted to travel on alternative routes from the First Bus to 11.45am. They will skip bus stops along their regular routes, which will include Bayfront Avenue, Beach Road, Nicoll Highway as well as those in the Civic District, Central Business District and Marina Central. Please refer to the following 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. On Sunday, 1 December, from the First Bus to 3.00pm, Services 10 , 11 , 12 , 14 , 16 , 30 , 36 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 48 , 57 , 70M , 77 , 80 , 97 , 100 , 106 , 107M , 111 , 121 , 130 , 131 , 133 , 145 , 158 , 186 , 195 , 196 , 400 , 401 , 502 , 518 , 857 , 961M , 970 & 980 will be similarly affected by lane/road closures with bus stops skipped along their regular routes. The affected roads include Bayfront Avenue, Beach Road, Nicoll Highway, Fort Road and Keppel Road as well as those in the Civic District, Central Business District and Marina Central. With the road closures on 1 December, Service 401 will also commence operations at a later time at 12.00pm. Service 48 will be diverted from its regular route along the ECP (towards Bedok North Depot) from the start of operations to 10.30am. However, no bus stops will be skipped. *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 Sunday, 8 December 2024, Short-trip 138C will be introduced, operating from the bus stop along Mandai Lake Road, in front of the Singapore Zoo (48131) and terminating at the bus stop along Upper Thomson Road, in front of Springleaf Station Exit 2 (56099). Short-trip 138C will operate only on weekends and Public Holidays, from 2.45pm to 7.00pm. Please refer here for more information. From Sunday, 8 December 2024, two bus stops along Kim Seng Road, The Trillium (13139) and Opp Great World City (13119), will be merged and relocated permanently to Great World Stn Exit 3 (13119). The routes of the services that call at the two bus stops will remain unchanged. 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
Line length	56.6 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 56.6 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 - Template:STN
6 July 1990	Lakeside - Boon Lay
10 February 1996	Jurong East - Template:STN 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

Stations

Alpha-Numeric Code	Station Name	Working names	Notes
East West Line
1	Pasir Ris	Pasir Ris	Terminus
2	Tampines	Tampines	Future 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
2	Jurong East	Jurong, Jurong Town	Interchange with North–South Line
1	Chinese Garden	Jurong Lake
1	Lakeside	Corporation
1	Boon Lay	Jurong West
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
Changi Airport Extension
2	Expo	Somapah	Future 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 use the code

2S

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

Services

Service	Starting	Terminate at	Notes
Full	Pasir Ris	Tuas Link
Full	Tuas Link Joo Koon	Pasir Ris
Full	Tanah Merah	Changi Airport
Full	Changi Airport	Tanah Merah
Full/Special	Pasir Ris	Joo Koon	Temporary Terminus till full CBTC on the EWL.
Special	Pasir Ris	Template:STN	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 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Qingdao Sifang C151A 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.