Light Rail Transit (LRT) | |
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Overview | |
Native name | Sistem Rel Ringan (Malay) 轻轨列车系统 (Chinese) இலகு கடவு ரயில் (Tamil) |
Owner | Land Transport Authority |
Locale | Singapore |
Transit type | Automated guideway transit/People mover (APM) |
Number of lines | 3 |
Number of stations | 41 (excluding Teck Lee and Ten Mile Junction) |
Daily ridership | 208,000 (2019)[1] |
Operation | |
Began operation | 6 November 1999 |
Operator(s) | SBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) |
Number of vehicles | 89 trainsets |
Technical | |
System length | 28.6 km (17.77 mi) |
Track gauge | Bukit Panjang: 2,642 mm (8 ft 8 in) Sengkang & Punggol: 1,850 mm (6 ft 27⁄32 in) (guide rail span: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)) |
Electrification | Third rail (Bukit Panjang: 600 volts 3-phase AC at 50 Hz, Sengkang & Punggol: 750 volts DC) |
The Light Rail Transit (LRT) is a series of localised automated guideway transit systems acting as feeder services to the heavy rail Mass Rapid Transit, which together forms the core of Singapore's rail transport services. The first LRT line was opened in 1999 and the system has since expanded to three lines, each serving a new town, namely Bukit Panjang LRT line, Sengkang LRT line and Punggol LRT line. Trains on these lines have at least one station interchange link to the MRT.
The conventional definition of LRT refers to an upgraded form of tram that uses articulated low-floor tram cars and partial grade separation; in some cases such as Rapid KL in Kuala Lumpur and the Docklands Light Railway, LRT refers to a medium-capacity rail-based light metro system. But unlike the aforementioned examples, Singapore's LRT system uses rubber-tired automated guideway transit trains that are more comparable to those found in airport people mover systems.[2]
Along with the MRT, the LRT is constructed and owned by the Land Transport Authority, with operating concessions currently handed to SMRT Trains Ltd and SBS Transit Ltd. With the completion of Singapore's three LRT lines, there are no plans for further LRT networks in the future, aside from linking existing LRT stations to newer MRT lines.[3][4]
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