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The East West MRT Line was the second Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore to be built. The line is currently 45.4 km long with 29 stations, and operated by SMRT Corporation. It takes around 57 minutes to travel from end to end and this line is coloured green on MRT system maps.
Boon Lay Extension : Pioneer and Joo Koon stations will open by 2009.
Boon Lay Extension (BLE)
After months of planning, the Land Transport Authority announced on December 29, 2004, the details of the Boon Lay Extension (BLE).[1] The 3.8 kilometre, 2 station line will extend from Boon Lay Station on the western end of the East West Line, with one station along Jurong West Street 63 between Jurong Street 61 and Pioneer Road North, and the second station at Joo Koon Circle, near the junction of Benoi Road and International Road.
The fully elevated line will cost about S$436 million. Construction commenced in the second half of 2005 and is targeted for completion by 2009. The extension will start operating from February 282009.[2] The extension's alignment along Jurong West Street 63, Upper Jurong Road, and International Road required the acquisition of one full lot and eight part lots, totalling about 28,000 square metres of land.
Tuas Extension
A 14 km 5 station extension to the East West Line will be constructed to terminate at Tuas. The new extension will be located west of Joo Koon Station, and opened by 2015.[3]
Interchange with Changi Airport Extension, cross-platform transfer available between Changi Airport-bound and both Pasir Ris-bound and Boon Lay-bound trains
Interchange with North South Line, cross-platform transfer available between Pasir Ris-bound and Marina Bay-bound trains, and between Boon Lay-bound and Jurong East-bound trains
Interchange with North South Line, cross-platform transfer available between Pasir Ris-bound and Jurong East-bound trains, and between Boon Lay-bound and Marina Bay-bound trains
Note: this branch is served by a shuttle service (Tanah Merah - Changi Airport); previously SMRT had operated a through service from Boon Lay from November 182001 to April 222004.
