The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has received delivery of the first batch of 23 new train cars for Singapore’s Circle Line (CCL). The trains were manufactured by Alstom in Spain and are a part of a USD250 million contract signed in April 2018 for the delivery of train cars for the rail line. The trains will be housed at the Kim Chuan Depot till it is ready to commence operations.
The new trains will include an integrated suite of condition monitoring devices that will monitor the status of the equipment and allow for preventative maintenance. The new trains are expected to start service in 2026, when the Circle Line 6 (CCL6) stations opens to traffic.
Currently, construction work for CCL6 is 55 per cent complete and tunnelling works on the line were completed in Jan 2022.