Kim Chuan Depot

Kim Chuan Depot
Depot MRT Kim Chuan
金泉车厂
Location
Location 11 Kim Chuan Road, Singapore 537065
Coordinates 1°20′27.97″N 103°53′14.15″E / 1.3411028°N 103.8872639°E / 1.3411028; 103.8872639
Characteristics
Owner(s) Land Transport Authority
Operator(s) SMRT Corporation
SBS Transit
Type Underground
Rolling stock C830, C830C, C951
Routes served Circle Line
History
Opened 2008

Kim Chuan Depot is a rail depot for the Mass Rapid Transit system in Singapore. The depot cost S$297 million to construct and houses the trains for the Circle Line and Downtown Line. The depot is fully underground, reaching a depth of 24 m at some points. It provides stabling of the trains, maintenance and operational control of the line. The depot has a capacity for 70 trains and has an area of 100,000 m². The depot is located along Upper Paya Lebar Road and 2.1 million cubic metres of soil had to be excavated for its construction. An administration building with offices, a warehouse, a canteen and a 66 kilovolt substation is located above the depot. The remaining 3 hectares of land left empty will be used for light industrial use with buildings on it up to 9 storeys high.

Touted as the world's biggest underground depot, it officially opened on 4 March 2009, employing 300 staff members.[1]

This depot is operated by SMRT Trains

The depot is located:
For the Circle Line between Tai Seng station and Bartley station and has 4 receptions tracks: 2 Clockwise bound towards Bartley Station and 2 Anti-Clockwise bound towards Tai Seng Station

Expansion

The announcement to expand the current Kim Chuan Depot was announced by the LTA in tandem with the Circle Line stage 6 extension. The expansion called for the depot to be expanded to almost double its capacity from 70 to 133 trains. The integrated depot will also house 550 buses to optimise land use. The expansion of the depot will be completed at about the same time as CCL6 in 2025. The location of the project will be along the Bartley Road East viaduct, opposite the current Kim Chuan Depot site.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Shereena Sajeed (4 March 2009). "World's largest underground depot opens in Singapore". Channel News Asia.
  2. ↑ "Joint Release by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) & SLA - Circle Line 6 – Becoming A Full Circle | Press Room | Land Transport Authority". www.lta.gov.sg. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
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