Gali Batu Depot
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Location | 300 Woodlands Road, Singapore 678039 |
Coordinates | 1°23′52.57″N 103°45′21.47″E / 1.3979361°N 103.7559639°E |
Characteristics | |
Owner | Land Transport Authority |
Operator | SBS Transit |
Type | at-grade |
Rolling stock | C951 |
Routes served | Downtown Line |
History | |
Opened | 27 December 2015 |
Gali Batu MRT Depot (Chinese: 卡利巴株地铁车厂) is a train depot located off Woodlands Road in Singapore. It provides maintenance services for the Downtown Line of the Mass Rapid Transit system, and is directly linked to Bukit Panjang. Construction of the 25 hectare at-grade depot with the capacity to stable up to 42 trains, started in the first quarter of 2009, and the depot was opened in December 2015. 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.
As part of the construction which started in December 2008, 1,957 graves on part of the Kwong Hou Sua Teochew Cemetery had to be exhumed.
The depot is located off Bukit Panjang station and has 2 reception tracks: 2 tracks Eastbound towards Bukit Panjang station.
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