SINGAPORE: In a massive new investment, the government will pump in another S$20 billion on new rail lines and extensions islandwide, Transport Minister Raymond Lim announced Friday.
Mr Lim said the new and extended lines will go to places as diverse as Marine Parade and even Tuas.
When the plans come to fruition in 2020, there will be one MRT station within five minutes' walk in the city, in a network that will become denser than Tokyo's.
Two new lines will be built.
The Thomson Line, to be ready by 2018, will run from Marina Bay through the Central Business District, all the way up to Ang Mo Kio and Woodlands. It will connect to another new Line, the Eastern Region Line, at Marina Bay.
The Eastern Region Line, to be ready by 2020, will serve areas such as Siglap and Marine Parade.
Existing lines will also be extended.
The North-South Line will be extended one kilometre south to serve the Marina Bay area developments while the East-West Line will be extended another 14 kilometres west into Tuas.
To avoid long waiting time and crowded trains, there will be 93 additional train trips during the morning and evening peaks.
The authorities will also add more trains and improve the infrastructure over the next four years to reduce waiting time from the current 2.5-4 minutes to two minutes at busy stations during peak periods.
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singapore so many underground subway. in malaysia, they only have the lrt in the sky and monorail. no underground.
Singapore is a land scarce island, we do not have much land for sky train. I fear for one day Singapore will sink lol