Changi Airport Extension
- Changi Airport Extension will be merging to East West Line from Aug 9 2011.
| East West MRT Line 东西地铁线 கிழக்கு மேற்கு எம்ஆர்டி வழி | |
| The East West Line is coloured green on system maps. | |
| Overview | |
| Type | Rapid transit |
|---|---|
| System | Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) |
| Status | Operational |
| Termini | Pasir Ris Joo Koon Tanah Merah Changi Airport |
| Stations | 31 |
| Services | 2 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 12 December 1987 |
| Owner | Land Transport Authority |
| Operator(s) | SMRT Trains |
| Rolling stock | C151, C651, C751B |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 49.2 km (30.6 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Standard gauge |
| Electrification | Third rail |
The Changi Airport Extension (part of East West Line) was the second Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Singapore to be built. The line is currently 49.2 km long with 31 stations, and operated by SMRT Corporation. It takes about one hour to travel from end to end and this line is coloured green on MRT system maps.
As the name implies, the line connects central Singapore to both western and eastern parts of the island, with an additional branch to Changi Airport MRT Station from Tanah Merah MRT Station. Cross-platform transfer to the North South MRT Line is provided at Jurong East MRT Station, City Hall MRT Station and Raffles Place MRT Station stations while transfer to the North East MRT Line at Outram Park MRT Station is possible via a linkway.
History
Initial system
- 4 November 1989: City Hall MRT Station - Tanah Merah MRT Station (start of the separation of the North South MRT Line from the East West Line)
2nd phase of development
- 10 January 2001: Tanah Merah MRT Station - Expo MRT Station
- 8 February 2002: Expo MRT Station - Changi Airport MRT Station
Stations
| Alpha-Numeric Code |
Abbreviation | Station Name | Working names | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Chinese | Tamil | ||||
| Changi Airport Extension | ||||||
| EW4 | TNM | Tanah Merah | 丹那美拉 | தானா மேரா | Bedok, Changi | Interchange station with EWL |
| CG1 / DT35 | XPO | Expo | 博览 | எக்ஸ்போ | Somapah | Future Interchange station with DTL |
| CG2 | CGA | Changi Airport | 樟宜机场 | சாங்கி விமானநிலையம | Changi Airport | Terminus (3) |
Note: SMRT have been operating the branch sector of Tanah Merah to Changi Airport as a through line from Boon Lay (Boon Lay - Changi Airport via Tanah Merah) since the opening of Changi Airport station on 2002 until July 22, 2003 due to low demands on Expo and Changi Airport that SMRT reverted this sector as shuttle service where trains from Changi Airport will terminate at Tanah Merah instead of through service where trains will terminate at Boon Lay (Joo Koon was not built back then). Similar to the through service, the interval of trains remained as 12 minutes per train.
Rolling stock
Three batches of rolling stock are in service on the line, i.e. the Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151, the Siemens C651 and the Kawasaki Heavy Industries & Nippon Sharyo C751B. These trains operate from the two depots along the East West Line, the Ulu Pandan Depot near Jurong East MRT Station and the Changi Depot after Tanah Merah MRT Station.