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10 Facts About The East Coast Integrated Depot That Stacks MRT On Top Of Each Other

Jia Hui

2018-02-27 , 3:24 pm

Everybody knows that Singapore is small.

But our American friends might have a different definition of “small” as compared to our friends in Hong Kong.

I mean, domestic flights?

Not relatable.

Anyways, back to topic.

The ‘smallness’ of our country has been worrying batches of leaders.

What are we gonna do when there are too many people?

We can’t build houses as and when we like cos there’s just not enough space!

And what about welfare? We can’t take away their benefits!

Today, these worrying has led city-planners to come up with one “truly excellent example” for a small country like ours, according to our Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan.

Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the East Coast Integrated Depot!

1.Cost

This “cost-effective” idea is going to cost S$3.2 billion, according to the Minister.

You might be thinking that’s a crazy load of money…

2.Save money

…but if we were to build the depots separately, it will cost another S$2 billion!

Senpai please teach me your money-saving skills…

3.Three train depots

This integrated depot will house trains from three lines: Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL), Downtown Line (DTL) and also the East-West Line (EWL).

4.One bus depot

There will also be a separate three-storey bus depot.

There will be workshops at the first storey and parking bays on the second and third.

It is capable of housing 760 buses.

It’s gonna get real messy, y’all! We’ll probably need a map to navigate through.

5.Stacking

From the picture, you can see that the DTL depot is underground.

I don’t think I need to explain why … right?

Ok, just to play safe:

DTL operates underground.

Moving on, TEL will be on the ground level while EWL will be one level up.

According to Channel NewsAsia, this whole stacking game allows 220 trains to be in the same building at the same time.

6.Free up land

This whole integration will allow 44 hectares of land to be freed up, which Minister Khaw says will be equivalent to the size of two Terminal 4s.

Much impressed.

7.Operate independently

All three train depots are planned such that they will be able to operate independently of one another.

So maybe (read: most likely) when a certain line breakdown, the other two lines will be able to operate on their own.

8.Same structure and layout

According to the Land Transport Authority (LTA), “careful planning” has been done in order for all three lines to have the same layout.

This way, they will still be able to stack on top of one another, even with a different number of train cars.

9.Ready by 2024

The first stage of TEL will open by 2019 (next year), according to The Straits Times.

By 2024, the fifth stage will be opened and by that time, the East Coast Integrated Depot will start to operate as well.

10.First in the world

Singapore is the first country in the world to combine three train depots and one bus depots together.

As you can tell, we’re really running out of land!

Thoughts

It is nice that the leaders are thinking of our future and all…

…but can somebody please focus on the train breakdowns first???

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