Sengkang West LRT line resumes full service on Oct 4 after six-month closure for upgrades

The Sengkang-Punggol LRT (SPLRT) depot is being upgraded to help support a larger LRT fleet needed to meet the growing number of commuters.

Published Oct 02, 2026, 04:28 PM

Updated Oct 02, 2026, 04:28 PM

SINGAPORE – Full train service on the Sengkang West LRT line will resume two weeks ahead of schedule on Oct 4, six months after the inner loop was closed for upgrades to the Sengkang-Punggol LRT (SPLRT) depot.

Originally spanning 3.5ha – about the size of five football fields – the depot has been undergoing expansion works since 2022.

Once completed in 2027, it will span 11.1ha and provide the space needed to house a larger fleet of light rail vehicles to meet growing ridership demand.

To manage demand for now, a free off-peak ride scheme that has been in place for commuters from the north-eastern part of Singapore will be extended to Dec 26, 2027.

First introduced in December 2025, the scheme allows passengers to take their first rail ride for free when they tap in before 7.30am or between 9am and 9.45am on weekdays at any SPLRT station or one of six North East Line (NEL) stations.

Speaking to reporters at the SPLRT depot on Oct 2, Senior Minister of State for Transport Sun Xueling said the initial aim was to have about 7% of commuters shift their travel times but about 10% opted to do so.

“We hope that with the extension of this programme, more commuters will use off-peak rail travel, which will help with the capacity situation,” she added.

Connecting residents in the north-eastern part of the island to the city centre, the NEL is one of Singapore’s most heavily utilised rail lines.

Operator SBS Transit reported in its half-year business update that the line sees an average of 602,000 passenger trips each day. This is a 1.5% increase from the same period in 2025.

The SPLRT averages 151,000 daily passenger trips.

With Sengkang and Punggol populations growing to more than 450,000 people in total, both the NEL and SPLRT are often packed during peak hours.

To alleviate this crowding and boost network capacity, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Oct 2 said it will add more eight third-generation, two-car light rail vehicles to the fleet.

This will bring the total number of two-car vehicles servicing the SPLRT to 41 by 2030, allowing it to take on more passengers. Average capacity across the SPLRT will go up by 30% once all the carriages are in.

There are now 25 such third-generation vehicles being delivered to replace the ageing first-generation fleet, which consists of 25 one-car variants and eight two-car models. The eight second-generation, two-car models will remain in service.

盛港-榜鹅轻轨（SPLRT）车辆段正在进行升级改造，以支持更大的轻轨车队，满足日益增长的通勤者需求。

发布于 2026 年 10 月 2 日下午 4:28

更新于2026年10月2日下午4:28

新加坡——盛港西轻轨线将于10月4日恢复全面列车服务，比原计划提前两周。此前，由于盛港-榜鹅轻轨（SPLRT）车辆段升级改造，内环线已关闭六个月。

该仓库最初占地 3.5 公顷（约五个足球场大小），自 2022 年以来一直在进行扩建工程。

该项目预计于 2027 年竣工，占地 11.1 公顷，将提供足够的空间容纳更大规模的轻轨车辆，以满足不断增长的客运需求。

为了暂时缓解需求，新加坡东北部通勤者已实施的非高峰时段免费乘车计划将延长至 2027 年 12 月 26 日。

该计划于 2025 年 12 月首次推出，允许乘客在工作日早上 7:30 之前或 9:00 至 9:45 之间，在任何 SPLRT 车站或六个东北线 (NEL) 车站之一刷卡，即可免费乘坐第一次铁路交通。

10月2日，交通运输部高级政务部长孙雪玲在SPLRT车厂对记者表示，最初的目标是让约7%的通勤者改变出行时间，但约有10%的通勤者选择了这样做。

她补充说：“我们希望随着该计划的扩展，更多的通勤者会选择在非高峰时段乘坐火车，这将有助于缓解运力紧张的局面。”

连接岛屿东北部居民与市中心的东北线是新加坡使用率最高的铁路线之一。

运营商SBS Transit在其半年业务报告中指出，该线路日均客流量为60.2万人次，比2025年同期增长1.5%。

SPLRT 平均每天运送乘客 151,000 人次。

随着盛港和榜鹅两地人口总数增长到超过 45 万，东北线和西南轻轨在高峰时段经常拥挤不堪。

为了缓解拥挤状况并提高网络容量，陆路交通管理局（LTA）于 10 月 2 日表示，将向车队增加 8 辆第三代双节车厢轻轨车辆。

到2030年，这将使服务于新加坡轻轨（SPLRT）的双节车厢车辆总数达到41辆，从而能够搭载更多乘客。所有车厢投入使用后，新加坡轻轨的平均运力将提升30​​%。

目前，共有25辆第三代车型正在交付，以替换老旧的第一代车队，其中包括25辆单车车型和8辆双车车型。8辆第二代双车车型将继续服役。