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East–West Line
; East–West Line
	A R151 train at Platform A of Tuas Link MRT station
Overview
Native name	Laluan MRT Timur Barat; 东西地铁线; கிழக்கு மேற்கு எம்ஆர்டி வழி
Status	Operational
Owner	Land Transport Authority (LTA)
Termini	Pasir Ris ; Changi Airport; Tanah Merah ; Joo Koon; Gul Circle ; Tuas Link
Stations	35
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
Services	2
Operator(s)	SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)
Depot(s)	Ulu Pandan; Tuas; Changi; East Coast (Future)
Rolling stock	C151; C651; C751B; C151A; C151B; C151C (Future)
History
Opened	12 December 1987; 36 years ago (as part of North South Line); 4 November 1989; 34 years ago (renamed as East West Line)
Technical
Line length	57.2 km (35.5 mi)
Character	Elevated (Pasir Ris - Kallang, Redhill - Tuas Link, Expo) ; Underground (Lavender - Tiong Bahru, Changi Airport)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC Third rail
Operating speed	limited to 80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map

The East West MRT line is a Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. It is the second MRT line built in Singapore. The line is 57 km long with 35 stations.^[1] It is the longest MRT line in Singapore and 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 station and Buona Vista using an underpass and linkway. The Downtown Line will interchange with the East West Line at the Bugis, Tampines and Expo MRT stations.

Stations

Station Number	Station Name	Interchange and notes
EW1	Pasir Ris	Eastern Terminus
EW2 DT32	Tampines	Downtown Line
EW3	Simei
EW4 CG	Tanah Merah	East West Line (Changi Airport Extension); cross-platform transfer available between Changi Airport-bound and both Pasir Ris-bound,Joo Koon-bound trains and Tuas Link bound train.
EW5	Bedok
EW6	Kembangan
EW7	Eunos
EW8 CC9	Paya Lebar	Circle Line
EW9	Aljunied
EW10	Kallang
EW11	Lavender
EW12 DT14	Bugis	Downtown Line
EW13 NS25	City Hall	North South line; cross-platform transfer available between Pasir Ris-bound and Marina South Pier-bound trains, and between Joo Koon-bound,Tuas Link 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,Tuas Link-bound and Marina South Pier-bound trains
EW15	Tanjong Pagar
EW16 NE3 TE17	Outram Park	North East Line Thomson-East Coast Line(2022)
EW17	Tiong Bahru
EW18	Redhill
EW19	Queenstown
EW20	Commonwealth
EW21 CC22	Buona Vista	Circle Line
EW22	Dover	infill station
EW23	Clementi
EW24 NS1	Jurong East	North South line; cross-platform transfer available between Marina South Pier-bound and both Pasir Ris-bound,Joo Koon-bound and Tuas Link-bound. Terminus for North South line
EW25	Chinese Garden
EW26	Lakeside
EW27	Boon Lay
EW28	Pioneer
EW29	Joo Koon	Former Terminus. western terminus for half of the EWL trains.
EW30	Gul Circle
EW31	Tuas Crescent
EW32	Tuas West
EW33	Tuas Link	Current terminus.Currently only half of the EWL westbound train terminate here.

Changi Airport Extension

Station Number	Station Name	Interchange and notes
EW4 CG	Tanah Merah	Interchange; cross-platform transfer available between Changi Airport-bound and both Pasir Ris-bound , Joo Koon-bound and Tuas Link-bound trains.
CG1 DT35	Expo	Downtown Line, terminus for downtown line
CG2	Changi Airport	terminus for the CGL

References

↑ "East-West Line". LTA. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

Other websites

LTA - Expanding The Rail Network: LTA To Build Boon Lay MRT Extension Archived 2011-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
Urbanrail.net - Singapore

[1] "East-West Line". LTA. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

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