List of Singapore MRT and LRT rolling stock

The rolling stock on Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) includes several models of electric multiple units and people mover systems respectively. They are primarily operated by SBS Transit and SMRT Trains.

Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) rolling stock edit

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Line Generation Stock Manufacturer(s) Assembly Image Trainset statistics Speed Power Service Cost
Number of train sets Cars per train set Number of cars Car length Train set length Car Width Car Height Trainset capacity Seats Introduction Retirement Decommissioned
North–South Line East–West Line 1st C151 Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo, Tokyu Car, & Kinki Sharyo Kobe, Japan[1]   66 6 396 23.65m (DT)
22.8m (M)
138m 3.2m 3.7m 1,920 passen­gers 372 (original)
208 (refur­bished)
90 km/h (56 mph) (design)
80 km/h (50 mph) (service)
750 V DC third rail 7 November 1987; 36 years ago (1987-11-07) 2020 – 2026 78 Vehicles (13 Sets) S$581.5 million[2][3]
2nd C651 Siemens Vienna, Austria   19 114[4][5] 372 (original) 2 May 1995; 28 years ago (1995-05-02) 2020 – 2026 78 Vehicles (13 Sets) S$259 million[6]
3rd C751B Kawasaki Heavy Industries
& Nippon Sharyo
Kobe, Japan   21 126[7][8][a] 23.83m (DT)
22.8m (M)
139m 272 8 May 2000; 23 years ago (2000-05-08) 2021 – 2026 84 Vehicles (14 Sets) S$231 million
4th C151A Kawasaki Heavy Industries
& CSR/CRRC Qingdao Sifang
Qingdao, China   35 210[9][10] 292 27 May 2011; 12 years ago (2011-05-27) S$368 million[11]
5th C151B   45 270 16 April 2017; 6 years ago (2017-04-16) S$281.5 million[12]
6th C151C   12 72 280 30 September 2018; 5 years ago (2018-09-30)[13] $136.8 million[14][15]
7th R151 Alstom (formerly Bombardier) & CRRC Changchun Chang­chun, China   106 636 228 4 June 2023; 9 months ago (2023-06-04)[16][17] S$1.165 billion[18]
North East Line 1st C751A Alstom Valen­ciennes, France   25 150 23.65m (DT)
22.8m (Mp/Mi)
138.5m 296 (standard)
240 (high capacity)
100 km/h (62 mph) (design)
90 km/h (56 mph) (service)
1,500 V DC overhead catenary 20 June 2003; 20 years ago (2003-06-20) $260 million
2nd C751C Alstom & Shanghai Electric Shanghai, China   18 108 296 1 October 2015; 8 years ago (2015-10-01) S$234.9 million[19][20]
3rd C851E Alstom Barce­lona, Spain   6 36 28 July 2023; 8 months ago (2023-07-28) S$249.9 million[21][22][note 1]
Circle Line 1st C830 Alstom Valen­ciennes, France   40 3 120 23.65m (Mc)
22.8m (T)
70.1m 931 passen­gers 146 90 km/h (56 mph) (design)
78 km/h (48 mph) (service)
750 V DC third rail 28 May 2009; 14 years ago (2009-05-28) S$282 million[23]
2nd C830C Alstom & Shanghai Electric Shanghai, China   24 72 26 June 2015; 8 years ago (2015-06-26) S$134 million[19][20]
Downtown Line 1st C951 Bombardier & CNR/CRRC Changchun Chang­chun, China   73 219 23.65m (DM)
22.8m (T)
130 90 km/h (56 mph) (design)
80 km/h (50 mph) (service)
22 December 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12-22) S$570.7 million[24]
19 57 S$119.2 million[25]
Thomson–East Coast Line 1st T251 Kawasaki Heavy Industries
& CRRC Qingdao Sifang
Qingdao, China   91 4 364 23.65m (DM)
22.8m (M/T)
92.9m 1,280 passen­gers 156 100 km/h (62 mph) (design)
90 km/h (56 mph) (service)
31 January 2020; 4 years ago (2020-01-31) S$749 million[26][27]

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Line Gene­ration Stock Manufac­turer(s) Assem­bly Image Trainset statistics Speed Power Introduction Cost
Num­ber of train­sets Cars per train­set Num­ber of cars Car length Train­set length Car Width Car Height Trainset
capacity
Seats
Circle Line 3rd C851E Alstom Barce­lona, Spain 23 3 69 23.65m (Mc)
22.8m (T)
70.1m 3.2m 3.7m 931 passen­gers 146 90 km/h (56 mph) (design)
78 km/h (48 mph) (service)
750 V DC third rail 2026; 2 years' time (2026) S$249.9 million[21][22][note 2]
Jurong Region Line 1st J151 Hyundai Rotem[28] Changwon, South Korea   62 3 (initial)
4 (final)
186 (initial)
TBA (final)
18.6m[29] 55.8m (initial)[29]
TBA (final)[29]
2.75m[29] TBA 600 passengers
(3-car config)
800 passengers
(4-car config)
TBA 70 km/h (43 mph) (design) 2027; 3 years' time (2027) S$416.5 million[30]
Cross Island Line 1st CR151 CRRC Qingdao Sifang Qingdao, China 44 6 (initial) 8 (final) 264 (initial)
TBA (final)
TBA 90 km/h (56 mph) (service) 1,500 V DC overhead conductor rail 2030; 6 years' time (2030) S$589 million

Work trains edit

SMRT Trains was known to use the following vehicles for maintenance of way as of 2015:[31]

Stock Purpose Manufacturer Number used (as of 2015) Crew size Weight Speed
Track tamping vehicle Tamp ballasts while simultaneously measuring and correcting track alignments Plasser & Theurer 2 5 (minimum) 37/63 tons Max. 19 km/h (self-propelled)
Multi-function Vehicle Detect internal cracks within the rail in real time; check the geometry of the running rail and third rail. Tamper,
Plasser & Theurer[32]
at least 2 4 (minimum) 32 tons 18 km/h (self-propelled),
40 km/h (max speed)
Rail grinding vehicle Re-profile the rail heads and eliminate rail corrugation to reduce track stresses and extend the service life of the rail Speno 2
(2 earlier units were retired and presumably sold off.[33][34])
4 (minimum) 118 tons 18 km/h (self-propelled),
50 km/h (hauled by locomotive)
Viaduct Inspection Wagon Inspect elastomer bearing mounted between the concrete grinders and columns Unknown Unknown 4 (minimum) + 1 (External Professional Engineer) 36 tons 50 km/h (hauled by locomotive)
CKG diesel locomotive Shunt passenger trains within Bishan Depot CKG[35] 2; previously 10[35] 2 26 tons 18 km/h
Deli diesel locomotive Provide propulsion for maintenance wagons and other machinery Changzhou Kate Mining Machinery Engineering Co., Ltd.[36] 19 56 tons 50 km/h
Schöma electric locomotive Schöma 4 34 tons 50 km/h
Tunnel cleaning wagon Use high pressure water jets to clean tracks, third rail cover, mounting brackets alongside tracks and lower portion of tunnel walls Unknown Unknown 2 41 tons 50 km/h (hauled by locomotive)
Heavy crane vehicle Lift heavy objects of up to 3-tons. Unknown Unknown 1 operator, 1 rigger, 1 lifting supervisor 60 tons Limited to 18 km/h

In addition, SBS Transit has used a two-car MFV supplied by a joint venture between Plasser and Theurer and Speno and a railgrinder from Harsco[37] and the Land Transport Authority is known to have procured multi-function vehicles and railgrinders from MERMEC of Italy and Harsco respectively for the Downtown MRT Line and Thomson-East Coast MRT Line,[38][39][40][41] general maintenance vehicles for the Downtown MRT Line from Gemac Engineering Machinery,[39] as well as Bo-Bo battery-electric locomotives from CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive.[42] Engineering trains are also known to be interchangeable across different lines as shown with photos of a transfer of a multi-function vehicle between Bishan Depot and Kim Chuan Depot.[43]

Contractors such as Gammon Construction are also known to have brought in their own work trains such as tampers for trackwork projects; SMRT used up to 14 road-rail vehicles provided by Gammon during the sleeper replacement from 2013 to 2016.[44][45]

Light Rail Transit (LRT) rolling stock edit

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Line Generation Stock Supplier Image Cars (per train) Total number of cars Power supply (third rail) Speed Service commencement Retirement Decommissioned Cost
Bukit Panjang LRT 1st C801 Bombardier   1-2 19 600 V 3-phase AC at 50 Hz 55 km/h (34 mph) (design)
48 km/h (30 mph) (service)
6 November 1999; 24 years ago (1999-11-06) 2023 – 1 Vehicle
2nd C801A   13 19 November 2014; 9 years ago (2014-11-19)
Sengkang LRT / Punggol LRT 1st C810 Mitsubishi   41 750 V DC 80 km/h (50 mph) (design)
70 km/h (43 mph) (service)
18 January 2003; 21 years ago (2003-01-18)
2nd C810A   16 5 April 2016; 7 years ago (2016-04-05)

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Line Generation Stock Supplier Cars (per train) Total number of cars Power supply (third rail) Speed Service commencement Cost
Bukit Panjang LRT 3rd C801B Bombardier & CRRC Nanjing Puzhen 1-2 19 600 V 3-phase AC at 50 Hz 55 km/h (34 mph) (design)
48 km/h (30 mph) (service)
2024; 0 years ago (2024) TBA
Sengkang LRT / Punggol LRT C810D Mitsubishi 2 50 750 V DC 80 km/h (50 mph) (design)
70 km/h (43 mph) (service)
2025; 1 year's time (2025)

References edit

  1. ^ Dhaliwal, Ray (8 July 1986). "A milestone for the fast track". Straits Times. NewspaperSG (NLB). p. 7.
  2. ^ Mass Rapid Transit Corporation, Singapore 1988, p. 15.
  3. ^ Chris Sherwell (12 April 1984). "Kawasaki wins major Singapore metro contract". Financial Times. London. p. 1.
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  11. ^ "Award of Contract 151A; 22 New Trains for North-South / East-West Lines". 6 May 2009. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
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  17. ^ "#SayHi y to our first batch of 106 new North-South and East-West Lines (#NSEWL) trains - coming to you progressively from 4 Jun 2023! These #NewKidsOnTheBlock will be replacing the NSEWL's earliest generations of six-car trains, with the oldest having served for over 30 years, to bring you better rides! © #RailRenewal #PassingOnTheBaton For now, sit back and enjoy our video (cues new commuter-centric and improved features of the NSEWL train), including some snippets from our event graced by Minister for Transport S.Iswaran earlier! #ThereRailBeMore". 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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  45. ^ "Staying Ahread in Railway Projects" (PDF). Gammon Rail Division. Our commitment to invest can be seen in the array of specialist rail-specific plant, tools and equipment. There source includes plain-line and S&C tampers, a fleet of Road-Rail Vehicles and an assortment of other tools and equipment.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Contract covers combined cost of acquiring 36 C851E cars for the North East Line and 33 C851E cars for the Circle Line for a total of 69 cars.
  2. ^ Contract covers combined cost of acquiring 36 C851E cars for the North East Line and 33 C851E cars for the Circle Line for a total of 69 cars.
  1. ^ Kawasaki Heavy Industries manufactured 66 cars and Nippon Sharyo manufactured 60 cars.