North South MRT Line
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North South MRT Line 南北地铁线
The North South Line is coloured red on system maps.
Info
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
Status	Operational
Termini	Jurong East Marina Bay
No. of stations	25
Service routes	1
Operation
Opened	7 November 1987
Owner	Land Transport Authority
Operator(s)	SMRT Corporation
Rolling stock	C151, C651, C751B
Technical
Line length	44 km (27.3 mi)
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail
Route map Legend East West Line to Pasir Ris and Changi Airport Peak hour through-service NS1 Jurong East ↔EW Line East West Line to Boon Lay Boon Lay Way Pan Island Expressway NS2 Bukit Batok NS3 Bukit Gombak Bukit Batok Rd Choa Chu Kang Ave 1 Bukit Panjang LRT Line to Bukit Panjang NS4 Choa Chu Kang ↔BP LRT Kranji Expressway NS5 Yew Tee KTM railway line Woodlands Rd NS7 Kranji Bukit Timah Expressway, Woodlands Flyover NS8 Marsiling NS9 Woodlands NS10 Admiralty Gambas Ave Sungei Serangoon NS11 Sembawang Sembawang Rd NS13 Yishun NS14 Khatib Lentor Ave Sungei Seletar Seletar Expressway, Lentor Flyover Yio Chu Kang Rd NS15 Yio Chu Kang NS16 Ang Mo Kio Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 Bishan Depot Kallang River Circle Line to HarbourFront via Buona Vista (future) NS17 Bishan ↔CC Line (future) Circle Line to Dhoby Ghaut via Paya Lebar (future) NS18 Braddell NS19 Toa Payoh NS20 Novena Downtown Line to Bukit Panjang (future) NS21 Newton ↔DT Line (future) Downtown Line to Expo via Chinatown (future) NS22 Orchard NS23 Somerset North East Line to HarbourFront NS24 Dhoby Ghaut ↔NE Line, CC Line (future) North East Line to Punggol Circle Line to HarbourFront (future) East West Line to Pasir Ris and Changi Airport NS25 City Hall ↔EW Line Singapore River NS26 Raffles Place ↔EW Line East West Line to Boon Lay Circle Line to Promenade (future) NS27 Marina Bay ↔CC Line (future)

The North South MRT Line was the first Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Singapore. The line is currently 44 km long with 25 stations, and is operated by SMRT Corporation. Traveling from one end of this line to the other end takes around 61 minutes, and this line is coloured red on the rail map.

As the name implies, the line connects central Singapore to both northern and southern parts of the island. Cross-platform transfer to the East West Line is provided at Jurong East, City Hall and Raffles Place stations while transfer to the North East Line is possible via a linkway at Dhoby Ghaut station. When the Woodlands Extension was opened in 1996, the Branch MRT Line consisting of the route from Jurong East MRT Station to Choa Chu Kang MRT Station was integrated into the main line.

History

Initial System

• 7 November 1987: Yio Chu Kang - Toa Payoh (First section opened)
• 12 December 1987: Toa Payoh - Outram Park (now a station in East West Line)
• 20 December 1988: Yio Chu Kang - Yishun
• 4 November 1989: City Hall - Marina Bay (start of separate North South Line & East West Line)
• 10 March 1990: Jurong East - Choa Chu Kang (initially operated as the Choa Chu Kang branch of the East West Line)

2nd phase of development

• 10 February 1996: Yishun - Choa Chu Kang (the Choa Chu Kang branch of the East West Line became part of the present North South Line)

Future extensions

A 1km 1 station extension to the North South Line will be constructed and completed in 2015. The new station will be located near the upcoming International Cruise Terminal at Marina Bay.¹

Possible future stations

At least 2 more stations may be added to the line in the future because alphanumeric codes NS6 & NS12 have been reserved for future utilisation.

• 1 new station between Yew Tee Station & Kranji Station, possible working name is Sungei Kadut Station.
• 1 new station between Sembawang Station & Yishun Station, possible working name is Canberra Station.

Stations

Rolling stock

Three batches of rolling stock are in service on the line, i.e. the Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151 cars, the Siemens C651 cars and the Kawasaki Heavy Industries & Nippon Sharyo C751B cars. These trains operate from the Bishan depot between Ang Mo Kio station and Bishan Station on the North South Line. The Bishan Depot has maintenance and train overhaul facilities for trains along the North South Line.

Further information

• On early weekday mornings, there are limited direct cross-over trains to the East West Line, where trains depart from Bishan depot first and start from Ang Mo Kio Station to travel towards Pasir Ris Station via Jurong East Station.
• On morning peak, two types of special services are operated:
  • Marina Bay - Yishun
  • Ang Mo Kio - Pasir Ris
• On evening peak, two types of limited services are operated:
  • Jurong East - Yew Tee
  • Marina Bay - Yishun
• During special occasions, two types of limited services may be operated:
  • Marina Bay - Yishun
  • Marina Bay - Ang Mo Kio
• Bishan Station is the only station on the entire MRT system to be at ground-level. Coincidentally, it is also the station with the highest number of accidents, most of which are fatal in recent history. Most of these are due to suicides.

References

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