It will be very helpful for you to learn about the MRT Line Map before you go strolling around Singapore with your friends or family. Save this guide for your trip!

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Singapore is famous for its easy access and transportation. You can go ride the bus to get to your destination, you can read the MRT Line Map easily to get to know which MRT line you need to get to your wanted place, you can use a taxi, and you can even ride your bicycle.

With several options of transportations in Singapore, you can get wherever you want to be. Besides, Singapore is also known for its good service of transportation. You won’t find any dirty bus or MRT, or you won’t find the MRT Line Map has unclear information for travelers like you.

That’s why, a lot of Singaporean people still prefer using public transportation, because it is reliable and it is comfortable. If you are from outside of Singapore, the first thing you have to do when you arrive in Singapore is get the MRT Line Map to help you reach your destination.

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Now, let’s find out the history of the MRT Line in Singapore.

Long before it finally became a handy MRT Line Map that you can easily find before you use MRT in Singapore, there was some back story that you need to know about the MRT construction in Singapore.

It was started around 1981, when the Prime Minister of Singapore at that time, Lee Kuan Yew claimed that the buses in Singapore are not enough to fulfill the transportation needs of Singapore’s inhabitants. Singapore needs bigger paths, while the main problem of Singapore is its limited area.

It was a hard time, and the building of the MRT was a little bit controversial too. The budget needed to construct the MRT was the biggest budget ever for a project in Singapore. It cost 5 billion dollars Singapore.

The first MRT was built in the Toa Payoh area and Noveda, around the year of 1983. To build the MRT, some ground-breaking needed to be done. It was really hard work for all the workers. In fact, they really deserved to be called as a hero, for the benefit of transportation in Singapore.

The MRT Line was gradually built in the center of Singapore, considering that it was the busiest spot in Singapore. It was the North-South Line. The Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Corporation was the one responsible for the building of the MRT project.

Finally, on 7th November 1987, the hard work paid off. The first MRT Line officially opened. Until now, the MRT Line has been a solution to all of us. Everything feels closer, easier, and faster to get to.

Before you get busy reading the MRT Line Map, you need to know about how to use the MRT Line.

First of all, you need to buy the MRT ticket. Here are some ways to buy the MRT ticket:

1. Buy the ticket on the General Machine Ticket. The machine is available in every station. If you want to buy from the machine, you have to prepare your money in SGD 5. Or, you can buy it with your credit card too.

When you finish your buying process, the card will be out in no time from the General Machine Ticket.

After you get the ticket, go to the entrance gate and tap your card. The gate will be opened immediately as you tap the card. Then, you can get inside the MRT. It is very easy, right?

The Thomson-East Coast Line is actually the sixth line to be introduced at the MRT System Map. When you check your own MRT Line Map, you will realize that the Thomson-East Coast Line is an alternative for the North-South Line.

Since the Thomson-East Coast Line is officially a part of the new MRT System Map, it has been really helpful for people who live in the Woodlands Resident that need to go to the city.

Being the newest line, the Thomson-East Coast Line is not finished yet. There will be the Thomson-East Coast Line 2 and 3. These projects were delayed to the COVID 19 pandemic. The Thomson-East Coast Line 2 will be postponed to the end of 2021, while the Line 3 postponed to the year of 2022.

Thomson-East Coast Line is colored brown on the MRT Line Map. These are the stations that the Thomson-East Coast Line covered:

Now do you know that there is an Art in Transit program in Singapore? This Thomson-East Coast Line is planned to also join the Art in Transit, where you can enjoy the artworks in every station.

Anyway, when you transit at the Woodlands South, you will enjoy the difference between this station among other stations. The Woodlands South station has a colorful side of the wall that might make you want to take a little selfie.

There are several differences between the MRT and LRT (Light Rail Transit). Both are fast trains, generally. But, the LRT is actually less fast than the MRT. The LRT is shorter, and it has limited route scope, unlike the MRT that can travel over many areas.

Now meet the Sengkang LRT, the driverless and fully automated train with the length of 10,7 km with 14 stations. On the MRT Line Map, the color for Sengkang Punggol LRT is grey.

Sengkang LRT is divided into two loops. There are East Loop and West Loop. The East Loop has 6 stations and opened in the year of 2003, while West Loop opened in 2015. The stations on the West Loop are periodically added.

Here’s the stations of Sengkang LRT:

After the Sengkang LRT was introduced, the next one was the Punggol LRT. When you see it on the MRT Line Map, both Sengkang and Punggol LRT have similar shapes that look a little bit like the number eight.

Because the shape is similar, Punggol LRT is also divided into East Loop and West Loop. Here’s the stations on Punggol LRT:

Because of the similarity, it is possible that you mistaken the Sengkang and Punggol LRT. So, don’t forget to bring your MRT Line Map wherever you go!

If you are wondering, what is the first mass rapid transit system in Singapore? Then this is the answer for you.

The North-South Line is the first line introduced in the MRT Line Map of Singapore. It has been operating since the year of 1987. Until now, the North-South Line covered 27 stations.

Since 1987, the North-South Line has added several extensions to finally become 45 km long of rail. It started as a semi-automatic but now it’s already turned out as fully-automatic. Thanks to the development of technology.

Here’s the 27 stations that are covered by the North-South Line:

You can easily check the stations on the MRT Line Map too for a clearer picture, especially if you are not familiar with the position and new in Singapore. On the MRT Line Map, this line is colored as red.

There are still several plans for the North-South Line. For example, they plan to make a station between Yew Tee and Kranji Station. It will be called the Sungei Kadut Station. This new station is planned to be finished by the year of 2030s.

With the same plan to be finished in the 2030s, there will be another new station too. It will be called the Brickland Station, placed between Bukit Gombang Station and Choa Chu Kang Station.

Now let’s move to another line from the MRT Line Map.

Do you know that the North East Line is the first MRT Line that is automated and driverless? Yes, the North East Line, which is colored purple in the MRT Line Map is the first automated and driverless MRT, not only in Singapore, but also in the whole world. Shocking, right?

At the time it operated for the first time, this North East Line had the most amount of lifts.

You can see on the MRT Line Map that this MRT Line consists of 16 stations, with the line length about 20 km. Here’s the stations that you can find at the MRT Stations Map on the North East Line:

If you want to go to Sentosa Island by MRT, you can check your MRT Line Map and stop at the HarbourFront. Continue your trip with Sentosa Express Monorail to get to Sentosa Island. Pretty easy, right? Besides, your trip with MRT with your friends or family is going to feel more fun.

Still remember the Art in Transit Programme in Singapore? Yes, this program will make you enjoy artworks in all 16 stations that are covered in the North East Line. In fact, it is the first line with complete artwork in every station they stop at.

As the second line in the MRT Line Map, the East-West Line first operated in December 1987. When you check on the MRT Line Map, you can check for the green colored one for this line. Initially, the East-West Line was a part of the North-South Line.

The East-West Line is the longest train rail in Singapore. It is about 56,7 km and it covers a lot of stations too, 35 stations to be exact. Being the second line after the North-South Line, this MRT is the second one to be turned into a fully automated train.

Here’s the 35 stations of the East-West Line:

Since the year of 2002, you can take the route to Changi Airport from Tanah Merah MRT Station because the extension is already made to make it easier for people that need to go to Changi Airport via MRT. You can see at the MRT Line Map, the extension from Tanah Merah goes to Expo, then to Changi Airport.

The extension made to the Expo is one year earlier than to Changi Airport. The Expo finished in January 2001 and the Changi Export extension finished in February 2002. Both stations’ designs are futuristic.

The color blue in the MRT Line Map is the Downtown Line. It was the fifth MRT Line built in Singapore. This route is 41,9 km and it serves 34 stations. With the route length, the Downtown Line is considered as the longest route that is fully underground in the world.

The stations in the Downtown Line also support the Art in Transit program, with several stations having the artwork from the Downtown Line Art in Transit competition.

The development of the Downtown Line was divided into three stages. Stage 1 was finished in 2014, from Chinatown to Bugis, and it covers only 6 stations. Stage 2 connecting Bukit Panjang to Bugis, was finished in 2015. The development of Stage 2 was delayed for a year.

The last one is of course Stage 3. Stage 3 was finished in 2017. It connects 16 stations, from Chinatown to Expo.

It is expected that there will be an extension from Expo, with a length of about 2 km, and it is planned to be finished by 2024. Let’s hope everything’s done according to the planned schedule!

Here’s the stations of the Downtown Line:

This line is very helpful for the East’s residents, because they can get to Tampines faster by train instead of a bus. The direct route from this line is also very helpful for the residents of Bukit Panjang or Bukit Timah. The existence of the MRT has saved so much time.

By 2040, the Downtown Line is planned to have an extension so it will connect with the North-South Line through Sungei Kadut Station.

When you see this line on the MRT Line Map, you will see that this Downtown Line has a quite complicated route.

Go check on your MRT Line Map right now, because the Circle line is actually shaped as a circle on the MRT System Map!

The Circle Line is the fourth line of the MRT System. When you see it on the MRT Line Map, you can check for the orange colored one. The route length is 35,7 km and it has 30 stations.

Back then, around the early 90s, the Circle Line was called Marina Line. It was planned to only consist of 12 stations. In 2004, there was an unforgettable incident in Nicoll Highway Station. The station collapsed because of some troubles on the tunnel’s construction near the Merdeka Bridge. The incident took a toll.

Luckily, still in the same year, the Nicoll Highway Station was fixed. As a background story, the development of this Circle Line was quite challenging, due to the soil conditions that vary and the tunneling process.

Here’s the stations of the Circle Line:

Of course, the Circle Line is very functional. The trip between Bishan to the Changi Airport has been reduced to only 45 minutes with the Circle Line. Back then, it was 1 hour 30 minutes long. Imagine life without the Circle Line on the MRT System Map!

Bukit Panjang route length is not that long, because it is an LRT (Light Rail Transit). It is only 7,6 km with 13 stations. LRT is Light Rail Transit and Bukit Panjang LRT is the first light rail system in Singapore.

Bukit Panjang LRT first opened on 6 November 1999. It connects with the North-South Line and Downtown Line.

Grab your MRT Line Map and find these stations on Bukit Panjang LRT route:

Just like other LRT on the MRT Line Map, the color of Bukit Panjang LRT is grey too. To make it easier for you, you need to remember the position for the LRT line inside your MRT Stations Map. The Bukit Panjang LRT is placed on the left side, while the Sengkang Punggol LRT is placed on the right side.

Traveling in Singapore has been easier, both for residents and for tourists. The MRT Line sure is very helpful for people. Plus, right now there are so many programs in Singapore that will support you to have a nice day off traveling inside the city.

For example, you can check for Staycation Singapore packages, where you can have a relaxing time in beautiful hotels. In Sentosa Island, perhaps? Or, you can simply go enjoy your off days trying for attractions in Singapore.

Plus, almost every hotel in Singapore is eligible for the use of the SingapoRediscovers Vouchers. When you use the SRV, you can get a great deal like discounts. It can be at hotels, restaurants, or attractions like Universal Studios Singapore or Madam Tussauds Museum Singapore. How fun is that?

The MRT System also helps everybody to get anywhere with an affordable price. Yet, you can always enjoy your trip in the MRT because all of them are very clean and comfortable. People won’t hesitate to use a great public transportation like MRT.

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Anyway, don’t forget to take your MRT Line Map (or even memorize it) for easier transportation in Singapore. For people that come from outside Singapore, we really hope this writing can be very helpful for you to understand the MRT System Map.