Joined
·
771 Posts
My photos from Singapore:
1. Singapore Mass Rapid Transit - a standard gauge 750v dc 3rd rail system operating over 85km with 2 lines, East-West Line between Boon Lay and Psir Ris or Changi Airport and North-South Line from Marina Bay to Jurong East running in an inverted 'U' to the north of the island connecting with the East-West Line at Jurong East, Raffles Place and City Hall.
Southbound North-South Train at Choa Chu Kang in 2005.
North-South train on left departing and city-bound East-West train approaching Jurong East. Train on left is refurbished original 1988 Kawasaki stock and train on right is Kawasaki-Nippon Sharyo stock dating from 2000/2.
Interior of refurbished Kawasaki SMRT train with full-width open gangways between cars and 25% of seating removed as an (unpopular) experiment.
2. Bukit Panjang Light Rapid Transit - An 8km long automated guided vehicle system built in 1996 to serve the new developments around Bukit Panjang and operated by SMRT, the CX-100 cars are almost identical to those seen in airport transits including Gatwick and Stansted! The system's depot is above a shopping mall at Ten Mile Junction!
Choa Chu Kang terminus
Passing another BPLRT car near South View.
Bukit Panjang Junction.
Emergency Crossovers near Senja, the only ground-level section of the system!
Typical view of the Bukit Panjang Loop.
3. North East Line (NEL) - Opened in 2003 and runs 20kms totally underground using Alsthom 1500v dc overhead driverless EMUs and operated by SBS Transit (formerly Singapore Bus Services) connecting with 2 LRT systems at Sengkang and Punggol, both operated with Mitsubishi 'Crystal Mover' guided vehicles and operated by SBS Transit.
NEL Train in Sengkang Depot Workshop
Each track of the 2-road workshop has a Windhoff remote-control road-rail tractor to move trains in and out of these tracks.
6-car Alsthom unit in Examination Bays at Sengkang Depot.
Yours truly propping up a Mitsubishi Crystal Mover LRT car at Punggol!
4. Changi Airport Skytrain
Singapore Changi Airport expanded in 2007/8 to include a third terminal and a new guided vehicle system was constructed conecting all three terminals both airside and public side, hence the duplication of the lines when you study the airport map!
View towards Terminal 1, from left to right: Terminal 3 to Terminal 1 airside train. two depot tracks, Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 public side train. All stock are Mitsubishi Crystal Mover vehicles and although maintained on-site, SBS Transit will undertake heavy overhauls on them at Sengkang Depot.
Hope this interests you!
Cheers,
Dave

1. Singapore Mass Rapid Transit - a standard gauge 750v dc 3rd rail system operating over 85km with 2 lines, East-West Line between Boon Lay and Psir Ris or Changi Airport and North-South Line from Marina Bay to Jurong East running in an inverted 'U' to the north of the island connecting with the East-West Line at Jurong East, Raffles Place and City Hall.

Southbound North-South Train at Choa Chu Kang in 2005.

North-South train on left departing and city-bound East-West train approaching Jurong East. Train on left is refurbished original 1988 Kawasaki stock and train on right is Kawasaki-Nippon Sharyo stock dating from 2000/2.

Interior of refurbished Kawasaki SMRT train with full-width open gangways between cars and 25% of seating removed as an (unpopular) experiment.
2. Bukit Panjang Light Rapid Transit - An 8km long automated guided vehicle system built in 1996 to serve the new developments around Bukit Panjang and operated by SMRT, the CX-100 cars are almost identical to those seen in airport transits including Gatwick and Stansted! The system's depot is above a shopping mall at Ten Mile Junction!


Choa Chu Kang terminus

Passing another BPLRT car near South View.

Bukit Panjang Junction.

Emergency Crossovers near Senja, the only ground-level section of the system!

Typical view of the Bukit Panjang Loop.
3. North East Line (NEL) - Opened in 2003 and runs 20kms totally underground using Alsthom 1500v dc overhead driverless EMUs and operated by SBS Transit (formerly Singapore Bus Services) connecting with 2 LRT systems at Sengkang and Punggol, both operated with Mitsubishi 'Crystal Mover' guided vehicles and operated by SBS Transit.

NEL Train in Sengkang Depot Workshop

Each track of the 2-road workshop has a Windhoff remote-control road-rail tractor to move trains in and out of these tracks.

6-car Alsthom unit in Examination Bays at Sengkang Depot.

Yours truly propping up a Mitsubishi Crystal Mover LRT car at Punggol!
4. Changi Airport Skytrain
Singapore Changi Airport expanded in 2007/8 to include a third terminal and a new guided vehicle system was constructed conecting all three terminals both airside and public side, hence the duplication of the lines when you study the airport map!

View towards Terminal 1, from left to right: Terminal 3 to Terminal 1 airside train. two depot tracks, Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 public side train. All stock are Mitsubishi Crystal Mover vehicles and although maintained on-site, SBS Transit will undertake heavy overhauls on them at Sengkang Depot.
Hope this interests you!
Cheers,
Dave