SINGAPORE

摘要

Older trains are to be refurbished with wider seats, non-slip floors, new electrical equipment, more standing space, handrails and better ventilation. Tenders, closing on 29 August, have been called for 53 four-car trains for the Thomson Line, the first section of which is to open in 2019. The winner will be required to design, manufacture, test and commission the trains as well as put them into service. Construction of the 30 km north-south Thomson Line is to start in stages from the third quarter of this year. The initial three-station section will open in the north of Singapore between Woodlands North and Woodlands South with an interchange with the existing North South Line at Woodlands. The line will be extended south to Caldicot in 2020 where it will connect with the Circle Line. Completion of the line via Orchard, Outram Park and Marina Bay to Gardens by the Bay is scheduled for 2021. The Thomson Line will have 22 stations of which six will provide an interchange with other lines and is expected to carry 400,000 passengers a day.