Changi Depot

Changi Depot
樟宜车厂
Location
Location5 Koh Sek Lim Road, Singapore 486050
Coordinates1°19′46.67″N 103°57′27.33″E / 1.3296306°N 103.9575917°E / 1.3296306; 103.9575917
Characteristics
OwnerLand Transport Authority
OperatorSMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
TypeAt-Grade
RoadsUpper Changi Road East, Xilin Avenue
Rolling stockKawasaki Heavy Industries C151 Kawasaki–Sifang C151A
Kawasaki–Sifang C151B
Kawasaki–Sifang C151C
Alstom Movia R151
Routes served EWL  East West line
History
Opened4 November 1989; 35 years ago (1989-11-04)
Closed2026; 2 years' time (2026)

Changi Depot is located in Changi near Koh Sek Lim Road, Singapore.

Changi Depot comprises a train yard, which can hold a capacity of 46 trains and has an area of 250,000 square metres (2,690,978 sq ft). The depot is used for both train inspection and deployment of trains to the East West line. The depot was up and running in late 1980s when the East West line was completed. This depot is beside the NEWater Visitor Centre and is near Expo MRT station.

The depot is located between Expo station and Tanah Merah station on the East West line and has 2 reception tracks: 2 tracks westbound towards Tanah Merah station.

The depot will be replaced by the East Coast Integrated Depot in 2026.[1][2]

  1. ^ "World's First Four-In-One Depot" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. 25 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. ^ "LTA Awards Contract to Build World's First Four-In-One Depot". Land Transport Authority. 21 March 2016.