North East MRT line

The North East MRT Line (NEL) is the third Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is 20 km long with 16 stations and operated by SBS Transit. Travelling from one end of this line to the other end takes about half an hour. This line is coloured purple in the rail map.

North East Line
300px An C851E train at HarbourFront MRT station, eastern terminus of the line
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
Status	Operational Under planning (Punggol Coast)
Termini	HarbourFront Punggol Punggol Coast (2024)
Stations	16 (excluding reserved station for NE2) 1 (Under planning)
Services	1
Operation
Opened	20 June 2003 (2003-06-20) 15 January 2006 (2006-01-15) (Buangkok) 20 June 2011 (2011-06-20) (Woodleigh) 2024 (2024) (Punggol Coast)
Owner	Land Transport Authority
Operator(s)	SBS Transit (ComfortDelGro)
Character	Fully underground
Depot(s)	Sengkang
Rolling stock	C751A C751C
Technical
Line length	20 km (12 mi) (Operational) 1.6 km (0.99 mi) (Under planning)
Track gauge
Operating speed	limit of 90 km/h (56 mph)
Route map

The line joins central Singapore to the north-eastern part of the island. Transfer to the North South Line is done at Dhoby Ghaut station, East West Line at Outram Park station, Circle Line at Serangoon and Dhoby Ghaut and Downtown MRT Line at Chinatown and Little India stations.

This line is the first MRT line in Singapore to be completely underground (running in a tunnel all the way between HarbourFront and Punggol). It is also the first (and so far, the only) line where trains get their power from overhead wires above the track, instead of a third rail beside the track.

All the trains on the North East Line are automated (computer-controlled) and do not have an operator driving the train at the front. It is one of the world's first rapid transit lines that does not need drivers and is one of three such lines in the MRT network today. The others are the Circle Line and the Downtown Line.

Stations

Legend CC (future):  Dhoby Ghaut  Template:Superimpose5 Template:Superimpose5 NE1 HarbourFront Template:Superimpose5 NE3 Outram Park Template:Superimpose5 EW:  Pasir Ris – Joo Koon  Template:Superimpose5 NE4 Chinatown Template:Superimpose5 DT (future):  Expo  NE5 Clarke Quay Singapore River NE6 Dhoby Ghaut Template:Superimpose5 Template:Superimpose5 NS:  Marina Bay – Jurong East  Template:Superimpose5 Template:Superimpose5 Template:Superimpose5 CC:  Marymount  Template:Superimpose5 DT (future):  Bukit Panjang  Template:Superimpose5 NE7 Little India NE8 Farrer Park NE9 Boon Keng NE10 Potong Pasir NE11 Woodleigh (closed) Template:Superimpose5 NE12 Serangoon Template:Superimpose5 CC:  Dhoby Ghaut – Marymount  NE13 Kovan NE14 Hougang Template:Superimpose5 NE15 Buangkok Sengkang Depot SKLRT (W):  Fernvale via Renjong  SKLRT (E):  Bakau via Ranggung  Template:Superimpose5 Template:Superimpose5 Template:Superimpose5 NE16 Sengkang SKLRT (E):  Bakau via Compassvale  SKLRT (W):  Fernvale via Cheng Lim  PGLRT (W) (future):  Samudera via Soo Teck  PGLRT (E):  Riviera via Cove  Template:Superimpose5 Template:Superimpose5 Template:Superimpose5 NE17 Punggol PGLRT (E):  Riviera via Damai  PGLRT (W) (future):  Samudera via Sam Kee

Station number	Station name	Image	Interchange/notes
NE1  CC29	HarbourFront		Interchange with the Circle line
NE2	reserved; under planning		Reserve station to be open at a later date
NE3  EW16  TE17	Outram Park		Interchange with the East West line and the Thomson-East Coast line (2021)
NE4  DT19	Chinatown		Interchange with the Downtown line
NE5	Clarke Quay
NE6  NS24  CC1	Dhoby Ghaut		Interchange with the North South line and the Circle line
NE7  DT12	Little India		Interchange with the Downtown line
NE8	Farrer Park
NE9	Boon Keng
NE10	Potong Pasir
NE11	Woodleigh
NE12  CC13	Serangoon		Interchange with the Circle line
NE13	Kovan
NE14  CR8	Hougang		Interchange with the Cross Island line (2029)
NE15	Buangkok
NE16  STC	Sengkang		Interchange with the Sengkang LRT
NE17  PTC	Punggol		Interchange with the Punggol LRT
North East line extension (under construction, to be ready by 2024)
NE18	Punggol Coast

The Land Transport Authority has announced that it will extend the North East Line from its current northern terminal at Punggol to a new station called Punggol Coast. Construction will begin in 2018, and it is expected to open in 2023.

North East MRT Line Media

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  North East Line planning map

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  The Punggol station's construction was expedited to serve the area's new developments.

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  An entrance to Buangkok MRT station in August 2006, shortly after its opening

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  Construction of connecting tunnels to the Punggol Coast station

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  Map of the North East Line in Singapore.

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  NE1 HarbourFront MRT platforms 20201030 162302

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  Logo autobus

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  NE3 Outram Park MRT platforms 20210201 133314

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  NE4 Chinatown MRT platforms 20201017 150247

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  NE5 Clarke Quay MRT platforms 20201030 163546

Other websites

• North East Line (SBS Transit)
• North East Line (Land Transport Authority) Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Railway Technology on the NEL