Bombardier To Renew Singapore’s LRT system

Singapore: Transportation company Bombardier has received a SG$344 million (US$261 million) contract from the Land Transport Authority in Singapore to renew the Bukit Panjang Light Rail Transit system in the country.

The renovation will also include replacement of the current signalling system to a communications-based train control system and will begin over the coming months.

Bombardier will replace 19 light rapid vehicles (LRV) introduced in 1999 with new vehicles, and the 13 LRVs in use since 2015 will be upgraded to the communications-based train control system.

“Bombardier’s proposal does not require any modification to existing infrastructure and minimal disruption to rail services and hence, met our specifications,” said Chua Chong Kheng, deputy chief executive, infrastructure and development, Land Transport Authority. “When the majority of works are completed by 2022, residents and commuters will be able to experience improvements in overall reliability and smoother train rides.”

Additional renewal works such as the improvement of existing power rails, the installation of condition monitoring systems and the decommissioning of legacy signalling track circuits are scheduled to be completed by 2024.

The transportation company has also received a ten-year service support contract, under which the public transport operator Singapore Mass Rapid Transit will engage the firm for technical and logistic support, as well as spares supply.

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