Gali Batu MRT Depot

Gali Batu MRT Depot is an at-grade MRT train depot serving the Downtown Line (DTL).

The depot is built in Gali Batu just off Woodlands Road, covering an area of 250,000 square metres, and is bordered by Gali Batu Close, Woodlands Road and Jalan Gali Batu. During construction, some 1,957 graves were exhumed from part of the Kwong Hou Sua Teochew Cemetery to make way for the depot.

Accessed from Gali Batu Close (with minor entrances/exits at Jalan Gali Batu and Woodlands Road), the depot contains a seven-storey office building housing the Downtown Line Operations Control Centre along with administrative and support offices. It also contains a large maintenance facility and sheltered stabling area for trains, an electrical substation, and ancillary facilities such as a train wash, paint shop, locomotive workshop, and an automatic storage and retrieval system similar to that installed in Kim Chuan Depot.

Gali Batu Depot is situated north of Bukit Panjang station, the Downtown Line’s current western terminus, with a total of 2 reception tracks heading southbound towards Bukit Panjang station. Trains pass over a facing crossover between the mainline and the depot reception tracks, which would be extended to DE2 station as part of the Downtown Line 2 Extension.

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Expanded Stabling Area

Initially designed for the stabling of 42 trains, Gali Batu Depot was expanded to stable 81 trains by 2019, with work commencing in early 2015 under Contract C9061.

The contract also includes the construction of Gali Batu Bus Terminal, built on top of the train stabling area and connected to Woodlands Road via a pedestrian link bridge.

Simulation Facility

The Downtown Line CBTC Simulation Facility was opened in February 2020.

Downtown Line 2 Extension Works

A tunnel connection to Gali Batu Depot, associated additions & alterations works within the depot, as well as 2 mainline tunnels would be constructed as part of Contract 991 for the Downtown Line 2 Extension.

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Construction / Additions & Alterations:

Contract C911 for the initial construction of Gali Batu Depot was awarded to a joint venture comprising of GS Engineering and Construction Corp. of South Korea and Hock Lian Seng Infrastructure Ltd of Singapore, at a contract sum of S$410 million in March 2009.

Contract C9061 was awarded to Hock Lian Seng Infrastructure Ltd in January 2015 at a contract sum of $137.4 million for the expansion of Gali Batu train depot.

Contract 991 for “Design and Construction of Tunnels for Downtown Line 2 Extension and Associated Additions & Alterations Works to Gali Batu Depot” was awarded to a joint venture between Woh Hup Engineering Pte Ltd and Underground Technology Engineering Construction Pte Ltd in January 2026 for a contract sum of about $326 million.

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Rolling stock:

Gali Batu Depot maintains C951 trains operating on the Downtown Line.

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Gallery:

Gallery (Construction):

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External Links & References

• Factsheet : Gali Batu MRT Depot
• LTA Awards First Civil Contract for the Downtown Line 2 Extension – LTA

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