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'''Gali Batu MRT Depot''' is a train depot located off [[Woodlands, Singapore|Woodlands Road]] in [[Singapore]]. It provides maintenance services for the [[Downtown MRT Line|Downtown Line]] of the [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit]] system, with the capacity to stable up to 42 trains.
'''Gali Batu MRT Depot''' is a train depot located off [[Woodlands, Singapore|Woodlands Road]] in [[Singapore]]. It provides maintenance services for the [[Downtown MRT Line|Downtown Line]] of the [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit]] system, with the capacity to stable up to 42 trains.

Revision as of 08:35, 29 August 2017

Gali Batu MRT Depot
卡利巴株地铁车厂
Location
Location300 Woodlands Road, Singapore 678039
Coordinates1°23′52.57″N 103°45′21.47″E / 1.3979361°N 103.7559639°E / 1.3979361; 103.7559639
Characteristics
OwnerLand Transport Authority
OperatorSBS Transit
TypeAt-Grade
RoadsWoodlands Road
Rolling stockC951
Routes served DTL  Downtown Line
History
Opened2015

Gali Batu MRT Depot is a train depot located off Woodlands Road in Singapore. It provides maintenance services for the Downtown Line of the Mass Rapid Transit system, with the capacity to stable up to 42 trains.

Construction of the 25 hectare at-grade depot, Singapore's first aboveground MRT depot to serve an underground MRT line, started in December 2008, which was opened in December 2015. As part of the construction, 1,957 graves on part of the Kwong Hou Sua Teochew Cemetery had to be exhumed.

On 17 February 2015, the Land Transport Authority announced that the capacity of the depot will be expanded to stable 81 trains by 2019. Work commenced in January 2015 and is expected to be completed by 2019.

The depot is located off Bukit Panjang station on the Downtown Line and has 2 reception tracks: 2 tracks Expo-bound towards Bukit Panjang station.