Circle Line Stage 3: Opening June 09
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Originally posted by Tilldeath23:
lol finally got a story created... hmmm CCL entrance is already at SB but how come NB is super messy.... hope it can open in 2009.
PSDs at SB has to be up before NB can be fenced up and PSDs installed.
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Hmm... PSDs/Air Con at NB Platform shld be up b4 Circle Line Stage 3 Opens...
5mths is enough...
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Are all the 5 stations near completion. I've seen serangoon and marymount station entrances completed but not bishan. lor chuan i think not completed. not sure about bartley.
hope there will be no more delays again. and yes, Tai seng station is completed and it'd be good to open that as well together
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Does not affect me. Even the whole circle line. I'm waiting for DTL Stage 3 announcement.
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Originally posted by disappear:
Are all the 5 stations near completion. I've seen serangoon and marymount station entrances completed but not bishan. lor chuan i think not completed. not sure about bartley.
hope there will be no more delays again. and yes, Tai seng station is completed and it'd be good to open that as well together
lor chuan and bartley completed.
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Originally posted by Pitot:
lor chuan and bartley completed.
Tai Seng completed too. Sad it's not part Of CCL Stg 3 lor. -
I'm wondering do they have a pre-open visit...? Or need people to test their system before opening to general public.. If have, I'm very willing to go..
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Originally posted by Baka_Set1001:
I'm wondering do they have a pre-open visit...? Or need people to test their system before opening to general public.. If have, I'm very willing to go..
Lol... just visit LTA website everyday till they have pre-open visit...(Unlikely)
OR
Go there on Opening Day
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i rem last time b4 NEL opened, we had a pre opening visit too,
they let us see the bomb shelter facilities also.
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Originally posted by Pitot:
i rem last time b4 NEL opened, we had a pre opening visit too,
they let us see the bomb shelter facilities also.
Just hope there's one this time.
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Originally posted by ftjj0298:Does not affect me. Even the whole circle line. I'm waiting for DTL Stage 3 announcement.
Duh, unless wan go Bishan, Serangoon, then can take CCL. Faster than 59 and 81.
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It should be faster than 58.....I think 58 could be amended....
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It would have been better if they opened up all the major interchanges together. (Buona Vista, Bishan, Serangoon, Paya Lebar.) But thankfully, it benefits me since I can go to Bishan via Serangoon much easier.
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ya hor i didnt think of this... are the stations CD shelters???
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Bartley definitely is. i rmb reading somewhere there are at least 12 i think.
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around 12 out of 29 is quite few haha
wow i didnt know the the station entrance sign is up already. havent seen them on the other stage 3 stations yet.
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Originally posted by SMRT 32373238:
around 12 out of 29 is quite few haha
wow i didnt know the the station entrance sign is up already. havent seen them on the other stage 3 stations yet.
Relax.. still got 4 more months before opening... i think they installing the lighting & signs at the stations now.
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photos taken last week
CC12 Bartley station
bus stop
CC13 Serangoon
CC14 Lorong Chuan
artwork to be displayed in station
CC15 Bishan
new station exit beside bus interchange
new roof at existing station exit nearly completed
CC16 Marymount
bicycle parking stands
ventilation shaft located in the middle of the road due to land constraints
station exit and surrounding HDB flats
more photos pls click here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34867110@N06/
for photos taken 2 months ago, pls see here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8741320@N05/page6/
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SINGAPORE : The much-awaited Circle Line 3 will open its first five stations on May 30 this year.
The five stations are: Bartley, Serangoon, Lorong Chuan, Bishan and Marymount. Stage 3 of the project, which runs along Upper Paya Lebar, Bartley Road and Marymount Road, will add close to 6 kilometres to the rail network.
Transport Minister Raymond Lim gave this update in Parliament on Thursday.
The other stages of the Circle Line are expected to open from 2010 onwards.
When fully ready, the line is expected to ease about 10 to 15 per cent of the current passenger load from the current North-South, East-West Line. - 938LIVE -
Bishan Station- existing station exit expansion works
roof cladding works
more fare gates near Junction 8
off topic- to mods, can change the title of this topic to opening may 09, and lock the other topic? thanks in advance
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so happy the CCl can open on 30 May... exactly 3 months after BLE....
JEMP will finish its modifications by 2011 and 22 new trains to arrive
anyone riding CCL on 30 may.... i be going also......
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Originally posted by Tilldeath23:
so happy the CCl can open on 30 May... exactly 3 months after BLE....
JEMP will finish its modifications by 2011 and 22 new trains to arrive
anyone riding CCL on 30 may.... i be going also......
i ride on 31st bah. 30th sure everyone squeeze like sardine de
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Phase 1 of Circle Line to open on May 30
SINGAPORE : Public transport ridership has been going up - and with it comes more crowding.
To ease the situation, the government announced that two rail projects - Jurong East Modification project and the North-South Line extension - are being brought forward, and 22 new trains being bought.
Still, with the changes only kicking in by 2011, the squeeze will still be on for a while.
Last year, public transport ridership spiked by 7.4 per cent - one of the fastest rates in years. And the overcrowding is being felt on MRT trains.
"MRT trains still suffer from an overcrowding problem. Has LTA (Land Transport Authority) reviewed the capacity? Is it possible to add more tracks on the existing lines, which are now overcrowded and have reached maximum capacity," asked Cynthia Phua, MP for Aljunied GRC.
With 900 additional train trips per week added since last year, that is the best the system can do in terms of train frequencies, given the current constraints.
Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, Transport Minister Raymond Lim said the only way to increase capacity is through infrastructural changes.
Currently, there is a bottleneck at the Jurong East Interchange station. The whole system is slowed down as the train does a turnaround, because there is only a single platform for this.
LTA is now building a second platform so that two trains can turn around at the same time, with the project completion brought forward by a year to 2011.
22 new trains are also being bought. When they enter the system, it should lower waiting times to as low as 2 minutes at the busiest stretches.
Opening new lines will also ease the crunch. Phase 1 of the Circle Line will officially open on May 30. The new MRT line will open its first five stations - Bartley, Serangoon, Lorong Chuan, Bishan and Marymount.The other stages of the Circle Line are expected to open from 2010 onwards, and they are expected to divert about 10-15 per cent of passenger traffic.
But such large infrastructure projects take time to kick in, with one of the main changes coming only in 2011. At the same time, public transport ridership is increasing, and may go up even further during the economic downturn. So the situation may just get worse before it gets better.
One other major initiative this year is the LTA taking over the role of central bus network planner. This will be a two-stage process - first, talking to the industry, operators and experts, and then to grassroots representatives.
The transport minister said: "One of our guiding principles is to avoid making any radical, big-bang-type changes to bus services. Commuters make more than three million trips on buses every day, and we are conscious that any change must be gradual. Otherwise, there will be mass confusion.
"Our approach instead is to identify any gaps in connectivity, try to plug them, and see where bus services can be streamlined to improve efficiency of the network."
And it is only after this is done, can LTA look at how best to package the bus routes for competitive tendering. - CNA /ls -
Originally posted by jayh272416:
i ride on 31st bah. 30th sure everyone squeeze like sardine de
I hope got open house like the BLE...