Early Closures, Late Openings, Full-Day Closures on East West Line (Jan 2018)

Click here for the Early Closure & Late Opening Article in February 2018

Shorter operating hours along the East West Line (EWL) will take effect on selected days in January 2018 to facilitate additional engineering hours for re-signalling and maintenance work. This will involve early closures, late openings, and full-day suspension of train services along the EWL.

In addition, reduced train frequencies will be implemented on the North South Line (NSL) during the early and late service hours, but operating hours remain unaffected. Check out the dedicated article (Reduced Train Frequencies on North South Line) for more details.

These closures allow more time for rail maintenance and renewal works to be carried out, as well as checks conducted on the new signalling system. In the wake of the Joo Koon train collision incident in November 2017, old and new signalling system-equipped sections of the EWL are physically separated until resignalling works are complete.

Click here for the Reduced Train Frequencies on North South Line in Jan 2018 article.

Shuttle Bus Quick Links:

• Shuttle 7: Aljunied ↔ Pasir Ris
• Shuttle 8: Tanah Merah ↔ Changi Airport
• Shuttle 11: Aljunied → MacPherson
• Express 12: Changi Airport ↔ Bugis

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Infographic

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Affected MRT Stations

East West Line EW1 Pasir Ris EW2DT32 Tampines EW3 Simei EW4CG Tanah Merah EW5 Bedok EW6 Kembangan

EW7 Eunos EW8CC9 Paya Lebar Changi Airport Branch CG1DT35 Expo CG2 Changi Airport

As a result, train services on the East West Line will only operate between EW9 Aljunied and EW29 Joo Koon, as well as between EW30 Gul Circle and EW33 Tuas Link. Train services between Joo Koon and Gul Circle will continue to be suspended (since 20 Nov 2017) until the entire East West Line re-signalling works are completed in mid-2018, with bridging buses operating daily. (See also: Partial Suspension of Tuas West Extension Train Services)

More reduced train operating hours are expected in the first half of 2018 to accelerate the resignalling project, and details for subsequent months will be announced by the Land Transport Authority at a later date. For a detailed write up on the CBTC resignalling project, check out CBTC Implementation: A review.

Affected Hours & Dates

Train Services at the affected stations will operate as follows:

Affected Train Operating Hours	Affected Dates
Early Closure on Fridays at 11pm	5, 12, 19, 26 January + 2 Feb
Late Opening on Saturdays at 8am & Early Closure on Saturdays at 11pm	6, 13, 20, 27 January + 3 Feb
Late Opening on Sundays at 8am	7 and 14 January + 4 Feb
Full Day Closures on Sundays	21 and 28 January

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First Train / Last Train Timings at Affected Stations

No Train Service available between Pasir Ris – Aljunied & Tanah Merah – Changi Airport

Station	Last Train
EW1 Pasir Ris	23:02
EW2DT32 Tampines	23:06
EW3 Simei	23:09
EW4CG Tanah Merah	23:13
EW5 Bedok	23:17
EW6 Kembangan	23:20
EW7 Eunos	23:22
EW8CC9 Paya Lebar	23:24
EW9 Aljunied	23:43
EW10 Kallang	23:45
EW11 Lavender	23:47
EW12DT14 Bugis	23:49
EW13NS25 City Hall	23:52
EW14NS26 Raffles Place	23:58
EW15 Tanjong Pagar	0:01
EW16NE3 Outram Park	0:04
EW17 Tiong Bahru	0:06
EW18 Redhill	0:08
EW19 Queenstown	0:11
EW20 Commonwealth	0:13
EW21CC22 Buona Vista	0:15
EW22 Dover	0:17
EW23 Clementi	0:20
EW24NS1 Jurong East	0:25
EW25 Chinese Garden	0:27
EW26 Lakeside	0:29
EW27 Boon Lay	0:32
EW28 Pioneer	0:34
EW29 Joo Koon	0:38
EW30 Gul Circle	0:41
EW31 Tuas Crescent	0:43
EW32 Tuas West Road	0:45
EW33 Tuas Link	0:47

Station	Last Train to Pasir Ris	Last Train to Aljunied
EW33 Tuas Link	21:45	23:20
EW32 Tuas West Road	21:47	23:22
EW31 Tuas Crescent	21:50	23:24
EW30 Gul Circle	21:52	23:27
EW29 Joo Koon	22:11	23:32
EW28 Pioneer	22:14	23:36
EW27 Boon Lay	22:16	23:38
EW26 Lakeside	22:19	23:40
EW25 Chinese Garden	22:21	23:42
EW24NS1 Jurong East	22:23	23:45
EW23 Clementi	22:28	23:49
EW22 Dover	22:31	23:51
EW21CC22 Buona Vista	22:33	23:53
EW20 Commonwealth	22:35	23:55
EW19 Queenstown	22:37	23:57
EW18 Redhill	22:40	23:59
EW17 Tiong Bahru	22:42	0:01
EW16NE3 Outram Park	22:45	0:04
EW15 Tanjong Pagar	22:47	0:06
EW14NS26 Raffles Place	22:49	0:09
EW13NS25 City Hall	22:51	0:11
EW12DT14 Bugis	22:53	0:14
EW11 Lavender	22:55	0:16
EW10 Kallang	22:57	0:18
EW9 Aljunied	23:00	0:20
EW8CC9 Paya Lebar	23:02	–
EW7 Eunos	23:04	–
EW6 Kembangan	23:07	–
EW5 Bedok	23:10	–
EW4CG Tanah Merah	23:13	–
EW3 Simei	23:17	–
EW2DT32 Tampines	23:19	–
EW1 Pasir Ris	23:21	–

Station	First Train	Last Train
EW1 Pasir Ris	8:18	23:02
EW2DT32 Tampines	8:22	23:06
EW3 Simei	8:25	23:09
EW4CG Tanah Merah	8:02	23:13
EW5 Bedok	8:06	23:17
EW6 Kembangan	8:09	23:20
EW7 Eunos	8:11	23:22
EW8CC9 Paya Lebar	8:03	23:24
EW9 Aljunied	5:48	23:43
EW10 Kallang	5:50	23:45
EW11 Lavender	5:52	23:47
EW12DT14 Bugis	5:54	23:49
EW13NS25 City Hall	5:57	23:52
EW14NS26 Raffles Place	5:59	23:58
EW15 Tanjong Pagar	6:02	0:01
EW16NE3 Outram Park	6:04	0:04
EW17 Tiong Bahru	6:07	0:06
EW18 Redhill	6:09	0:08
EW19 Queenstown	6:11	0:11
EW20 Commonwealth	6:13	0:13
EW21CC22 Buona Vista	6:16	0:15
EW22 Dover	6:18	0:17
EW23 Clementi	6:21	0:20
EW24NS1 Jurong East	5:14	0:25
EW25 Chinese Garden	5:17	0:27
EW26 Lakeside	5:19	0:29
EW27 Boon Lay	5:21	0:32
EW28 Pioneer	5:23	0:34
EW29 Joo Koon	5:27	0:38
EW30 Gul Circle	5:30	0:41
EW31 Tuas Crescent	5:32	0:43
EW32 Tuas West Road	5:34	0:45
EW33 Tuas Link	5:36	0:47

Station	First Train to Pasir Ris	First Train to Aljunied	Last Train to Pasir Ris	Last Train to Aljunied
EW33 Tuas Link	6:45	5:19	21:45	23:20
EW32 Tuas West Road	6:47	5:21	21:47	23:22
EW31 Tuas Crescent	6:50	5:23	21:50	23:24
EW30 Gul Circle	6:52	5:26	21:52	23:27
EW29 Joo Koon	7:12	5:31	22:11	23:32
EW28 Pioneer	7:15	5:34	22:14	23:36
EW27 Boon Lay	7:17	5:36	22:16	23:38
EW26 Lakeside	7:20	5:38	22:19	23:40
EW25 Chinese Garden	7:22	5:40	22:21	23:42
EW24NS1 Jurong East	7:25	5:43	22:23	23:45
EW23 Clementi	7:30	5:38	22:28	23:49
EW22 Dover	7:33	5:40	22:31	23:51
EW21CC22 Buona Vista	7:35	5:43	22:33	23:53
EW20 Commonwealth	7:37	5:45	22:35	23:55
EW19 Queenstown	7:39	5:46	22:37	23:57
EW18 Redhill	7:41	5:49	22:40	23:59
EW17 Tiong Bahru	7:44	5:51	22:42	0:01
EW16NE3 Outram Park	7:46	5:54	22:45	0:04
EW15 Tanjong Pagar	7:48	5:56	22:47	0:06
EW14NS26 Raffles Place	7:50	5:59	22:49	0:09
EW13NS25 City Hall	7:53	6:01	22:51	0:11
EW12DT14 Bugis	7:55	6:03	22:53	0:14
EW11 Lavender	7:57	6:05	22:55	0:16
EW10 Kallang	7:59	6:07	22:57	0:18
EW9 Aljunied	8:01	6:09	23:00	0:20
EW8CC9 Paya Lebar	8:00	–	23:02	–
EW7 Eunos	8:02	–	23:04	–
EW6 Kembangan	8:05	–	23:07	–
EW5 Bedok	8:08	–	23:10	–
EW4CG Tanah Merah	8:04	–	23:13	–
EW3 Simei	8:08	–	23:17	–
EW2DT32 Tampines	8:11	–	23:19	–
EW1 Pasir Ris	8:14	–	23:21	–

Station	First Train
EW1 Pasir Ris	8:18
EW2DT32 Tampines	8:22
EW3 Simei	8:25
EW4CG Tanah Merah	8:02
EW5 Bedok	8:06
EW6 Kembangan	8:09
EW7 Eunos	8:11
EW8CC9 Paya Lebar	8:03
EW9 Aljunied	6:14
EW10 Kallang	6:16
EW11 Lavender	6:18
EW12DT14 Bugis	6:20
EW13NS25 City Hall	6:24
EW14NS26 Raffles Place	6:25
EW15 Tanjong Pagar	6:28
EW16NE3 Outram Park	6:30
EW17 Tiong Bahru	6:33
EW18 Redhill	6:35
EW19 Queenstown	6:37
EW20 Commonwealth	6:39
EW21CC22 Buona Vista	6:42
EW22 Dover	6:44
EW23 Clementi	6:47
EW24NS1 Jurong East	5:44
EW25 Chinese Garden	5:47
EW26 Lakeside	5:49
EW27 Boon Lay	5:51
EW28 Pioneer	5:53
EW29 Joo Koon	5:57
EW30 Gul Circle	6:00
EW31 Tuas Crescent	6:02
EW32 Tuas West Road	6:04
EW33 Tuas Link	6:06

Station	First Train to Pasir Ris	First Train to Aljunied
EW33 Tuas Link	6:45	5:49
EW32 Tuas West Road	6:47	5:51
EW31 Tuas Crescent	6:50	5:53
EW30 Gul Circle	6:52	5:56
EW29 Joo Koon	7:12	6:01
EW28 Pioneer	7:15	6:04
EW27 Boon Lay	7:17	6:06
EW26 Lakeside	7:20	6:08
EW25 Chinese Garden	7:22	6:10
EW24NS1 Jurong East	7:25	6:13
EW23 Clementi	7:30	6:06
EW22 Dover	7:33	6:08
EW21CC22 Buona Vista	7:35	6:11
EW20 Commonwealth	7:37	6:13
EW19 Queenstown	7:39	6:14
EW18 Redhill	7:41	6:17
EW17 Tiong Bahru	7:44	6:19
EW16NE3 Outram Park	7:46	6:22
EW15 Tanjong Pagar	7:48	6:24
EW14NS26 Raffles Place	7:50	6:27
EW13NS25 City Hall	7:53	6:29
EW12DT14 Bugis	7:55	6:31
EW11 Lavender	7:57	6:33
EW10 Kallang	7:59	6:35
EW9 Aljunied	8:01	6:37
EW8CC9 Paya Lebar	8:00	–
EW7 Eunos	8:02	–
EW6 Kembangan	8:05	–
EW5 Bedok	8:08	–
EW4CG Tanah Merah	8:04	–
EW3 Simei	8:08	–
EW2DT32 Tampines	8:11	–
EW1 Pasir Ris	8:14	–

Station	Last Train
EW4CG Tanah Merah	23:16
CG1DT35 Expo	23:20
CG2 Changi Airport	23:24

Station	Last Train
CG2 Changi Airport	23:04
CG1DT35 Expo	23:09
EW4CG Tanah Merah	23:12

Station	First Train	Last Train
EW4CG Tanah Merah	8:07	23:16
CG1DT35 Expo	8:10	23:20
CG2 Changi Airport	8:15	23:24

Station	First Train	Last Train
CG2 Changi Airport	8:19	23:04
CG1DT35 Expo	8:24	23:09
EW4CG Tanah Merah	8:26	23:12

Station	First Train
EW4CG Tanah Merah	08:07
CG1DT35 Expo	08:10
CG2 Changi Airport	08:15

Station	First Train
CG2 Changi Airport	08:19
CG1DT35 Expo	08:24
EW4CG Tanah Merah	08:26

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Shuttle Bus Services

Four Shuttle Bus Services will be provided throughout the duration of the early closures. Fares for the Shuttle Bus Services are equivalent to the distance travelled by train.

Click on each individual shuttle service for more information on the Shuttle Service.

Shuttle	Service No.	Route	MRT Stations Served
Shuttle 7	487	Aljunied ↔ Pasir Ris	Aljunied, Paya Lebar, Eunos, Kembangan, Bedok, Tanah Merah, Simei, Tampines, Pasir Ris
Shuttle 8	489	Tanah Merah ↔ Changi Airport	Tanah Merah, Expo, Changi Airport
Shuttle 11	494	Aljunied → MacPherson	Aljunied, MacPherson
Express 12	495	Changi Airport ↔ Bugis	Changi Airport, Bugis

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Extended Bus Operating Hours

Bus Operating Hours for the several residential Bus Services will be extended to allow commuters to connect from the Shuttle Bus Services. The extended operating hours will take place on the following days:

• Friday: 5, 12, 19 & 26 January 2018
• Saturday: 6, 13, 20 & 27 January 2018
• Sunday: 21 & 28 January 2018

Interchange	Connecting From	Bus Service(s)	Last Bus Departure Timing
Pasir Ris	Shuttle 7	358 & 359	1.30am
Tampines	Shuttle 7	291, 292 & 293	1.30am
Bedok	Shuttle 7	222, 225G, 228, 229	1.30am
Eunos	Shuttle 7	60A, 63M	1.30am

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Alternative Bus Route Map

Prepared by LTA:

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On The Ground

Shuttle 7 plying Aljunied to Pasir Ris is the main link for affected commuters, and buses are operated at high frequencies to deal with the crowd. However, congestion continues to occur at the shuttle bus stops as a result of the slow rate of boarding and alighting of large numbers of commuters.

With no train services at Changi Airport, Shuttle 8 and Express 12 are offered for commuters heading towards Tanah Merah and Bugis (Express). A luggage area is also designated on Express 12 buses, with ground staff assisting with the loading and unloading of luggage. Regular bus services serving Changi Airport were also observed to be overcrowded.

Full Day Closure Arrangements:

SBS Transit, which operates Shuttle 7, swaps drivers at Eunos Bus Interchange.

SMRT Buses, which operates Shuttle 7 and 11, operate out of Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal where drivers take breaks.

For Airport-plying services (Shuttle 8 and 12) operated by Tower Transit, Go-Ahead Singapore and SMRT Buses, drivers take breaks at Changi Airport Terminal 4 Coach Park and Changui Business Park Bus Terminal.

Bus Captains are deployed on either the morning or afternoon shift. A small number of split-shift drivers are scheduled to run trips during mealbreak periods.

For more photos, check out Page 2.

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External Links & References:

• Sunday closures, shorter weekend service hours on another part of East-West Line in January – Channel NewsAsia
• Extended Engineering Hours on North-South and East-West Lines to Continue – SMRT Corporation
• Shuttle bus services to support shortened East-West Line operational hours for weekends in January 2018 – SMRT Corporation

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