Fast, clean, punctual, air-conditioned, efficient and cheap.
Train intervals between 3 and 8 minutes.
Three main lines : North-South North-East East-West
All stations are not equipped with escalators down to the platforms. Long flights of steps may have to be negotiated. Travelling with a stroller is not easy though it is not difficult to load a stroller on and off the train.
The MRT is not accessible to people requiring wheelchairs.
Standing room only, during peak hours.
Route maps are clearly displayed in all the stations.
Payment can be made with EZ-Link fare cards. Tap the EZ-Link card on the card readers at the entry and exit gates at MRT Stations and the fare is automatically deducted.
Single-fare cards are available at the vending machines in the stations.
Driverless, it is the world's first fully automated heavy rail line.
It is 20 kilometres long, covering 16 stations.
Took 6 years to complete at a cost S$ 5 billion.
All train cars have 2 closed circuit TV's and 4.3 cm wider seats.
The EZ-Link fare gates use contact-less smart-card technology.
Tactile flooring paths have been laid from fare gates to lifts, and lifts to platform doors, to guide the visually impaired.
Almost all stations can double up as bomb shelters and house decontamination chambers (to clean up victims of chemical attacks).
Energy-saving escalators speed up to 0.75m per second within four seconds when someone steps onto them, and slow down to 0.375m per second when idling.
For details on the Bukit Panjang LRT (Light Rail) System, a feeder service linking Bukit Panjang New Town to the MRT Station at Choa Chu Kang.
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The Singapore Mass Rapid Transit railway system covers almost the entire island.
