The Jurong Region Line (JRL) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line that will serve the western part of Singapore. The seventh MRT line is coloured turquoise on the rail map. This is the third MRT line in the country to be constructed with elevated tracks with no underground tunnels. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) recently revealed the trains for the JRL line. The trains will have a distinctive...

The Jurong Region Line (JRL) is Singapore’s seventh MRT line that will serve the western part of Singapore. It is expected to connect key activity nodes in Jurong, such as the Jurong Industrial Estate, Jurong Innovation District, and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). To fast track the JRL construction process, Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded $682.5...

Singapore’s MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) system is one of the most reliable, affordable, and secure rail networks in the world. Since 2011, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has been working with rail operators like SMRT and SBS Transit to improve rail reliability and assets.  LTA upgraded rail operating assets such as signalling and power systems, and backup operation control centres....