Tuas Depot is a future train depot located off Tuas West Drive in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. It will be constructed by Jurong Primewide Pte Ltd at a contract sum of S$237.1 million. The depot will provide maintenance services for the East West MRT Line

East West MRT Line

The East West Line was the 2nd Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 49.2 km long with 35 stations , making it the longest MRT line in Singapore. It takes about 63 minutes to travel from one end to the other...

 of the Mass Rapid Transit

Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

The Mass Rapid Transit or MRT is a rapid transit system that forms the backbone of the railway system in Singapore, spanning the entire city-state. The initial section of the MRT, between Yio Chu Kang Station and Toa Payoh Station, opened in 1987 establishing itself as the second-oldest metro...

 system, and is directly linked to the upcoming Tuas Link MRT Station

Tuas Link MRT Station

Tuas Link MRT Station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line, under the Tuas MRT Extension project in Singapore. When opened, it will replace Joo Koon as the western terminus of the East West Line....

. Construction of the 26-hectare at grade depot together with the four stations of the Tuas West Extension will start work from end 2011 and is expected to be completed by 2016. The depot will have space for 60 trains.

When completed, the East West Line will be only MRT Line in Singapore with three depots along it, adding on to the existing Ulu Pandan Depot

Ulu Pandan Depot

Ulu Pandan Depot is a depot near Jurong East, Singapore and it services the trains on the North South Line and the East West Line. It has a capacity of 40 trains and has an area of 130,000 square metres. Train inspection is carried out at this depot...

 and Changi Depot

Changi Depot

Changi Depot is located on the Mass Rapid Transit near Koh Sek Lim Road, Singapore.Changi Depot comprises a train yard, which can hold a capacity of 35 trains and has an area of 250,000 square metres. The depot is also used for train inspection for trains on the North South Line and East West Line...

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External links

• http://www.lta.gov.sg/images/20110111%20Tuas%20West%20-%20Speech.pdf