East West MRT Line

East West MRT Line 东西地铁线 கிழக்கு மேற்கு எம்ஆர்டி வழி
The East West Line is coloured green on system maps.
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
Status	Operational
Termini	Pasir Ris Joo Koon Changi Airport Tanah Merah
Stations	35
Services	2
Operation
Opened	12 December 1987
Owner	Land Transport Authority
Operator(s)	SMRT Trains
Rolling stock	C151, C651, C751B
Technical
Line length	49.2 km (30.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail
Route map Legend EW1 Pasir Ris Tampines Expressway DT (future):  Bukit Panjang  EW2 Tampines Pan Island Expressway EW3 Simei CG2 Changi Airport CG1 Expo Upper Changi Road East Xilin Ave Changi Depot Bedok Rd EW4 Tanah Merah ↔Changi Airport Extension EW5 Bedok EW6 Kembangan Jln Eunos EW7 Eunos EW8 Paya Lebar CC:  Marymount – Dhoby Ghaut  Paya Lebar Rd EW9 Aljunied Aljunied Rd Sims Ave EW10 Kallang Kallang River EW11 Lavender DT (future):  Bukit Panjang – Expo  EW12 Bugis NS:  Jurong East  EW13 City Hall Singapore River EW14 Raffles Place NS:  Marina Bay  EW15 Tanjong Pagar NE:  Punggol – HarbourFront  EW16 Outram Park EW17 Tiong Bahru EW18 Redhill Alexandra Rd EW19 Queenstown Queensway EW20 Commonwealth CC (future):  Dhoby Ghaut – HarbourFront  EW21 Buona Vista EW22 Dover Clementi Rd EW23 Clementi Ulu Pandan Depot Boon Lay Way Peak hour through service EW24 Jurong East NS:  Marina Bay  Jurong Town Hall Rd EW25 Chinese Garden EW26 Lakeside Jalan Boon Lay EW27 Boon Lay Pioneer Rd North EW28 Pioneer Upper Jurong Rd Benoi Rd EW29 Joo Koon

The East West MRT Line was the 2nd Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 49.2 km long with 35 stations (4 to be built by 2016). It is the longest MRT line in Singapore and it is operated by SMRT Corporation. It takes about 1 hour to travel from end to end and this line is coloured green on MRT system maps.

The MRT line joins central Singapore to the western and eastern parts of the island, with another branch to Changi Airport from Tanah Merah. Transferring to the North South Line is done at Jurong East, City Hall and Raffles Place stations while transfer to the North East Line at Outram Park station is possible using a linkway. For Circle Line at Paya Lebar stations using an underpass and linkway. The future Downtown Line will interchange with the East West Line at the Bugis, Tampines and Expo MRT stations.

Stations

Kallang MRT Station is one of the stations on the East West MRT Line

Station Number	Station Name	Interchange
EW1	Pasir Ris
EW2 / DT32	Tampines	Downtown Line (future)
EW3	Simei
EW4	Tanah Merah	East West Line (Changi Airport Extension); cross-platform transfer available between Changi Airport-bound and both Pasir Ris-bound and Joo Koon-bound trains
EW5	Bedok
EW6	Kembangan
EW7	Eunos
EW8 / CC9	Paya Lebar	Circle Line
EW9	Aljunied
EW10	Kallang
EW11	Lavender
EW12 / DT14	Bugis	Downtown Line (still building)
EW13 / NS25	City Hall	North South Line; cross-platform transfer available between Pasir Ris-bound and Marina Bay-bound trains, and between Joo Koon-bound and Jurong East-bound trains
EW14 / NS26	Raffles Place	North South Line; cross-platform transfer available between Pasir Ris-bound and Jurong East-bound trains, and between Joo Koon-bound and Marina Bay-bound trains
EW15	Tanjong Pagar
EW16 / NE3	Outram Park	North East Line
EW17	Tiong Bahru
EW18	Redhill
EW19	Queenstown
EW20	Commonwealth
EW21 / CC22	Buona Vista	Circle Line (still building)
EW22	Dover
EW23	Clementi
EW24 / NS1	Jurong East	North South Line; cross-platform transfer available between Marina Bay-bound and both Pasir Ris-bound and Joo Koon-bound trains
EW25	Chinese Garden
EW26	Lakeside
EW27	Boon Lay
EW28	Pioneer
EW29	Joo Koon
EW30	Tuas
EW31	Tuas Crescent
EW32	Tuas West
EW33	Tuas Link

Changi Airport Extension

A view of the Changi Airport MRT Station

Station Number	Station Name	Interchange
EW4	Tanah Merah	Interchange; cross-platform transfer available between Changi Airport-bound and both Pasir Ris-bound and Joo Koon-bound trains
CG1/DT35	Expo	Downtown Line (future)
CG2	Changi Airport

Other websites

• LTA - Expanding The Rail Network: LTA To Build Boon Lay MRT Extension
• Urbanrail.net - Singapore