Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded a S$136.8 million (USD 96.7 million) contract to Kawasaki Heavy Industries and CSR Qingdao Sifang consortium. Under the contract, the consortium will supply 12 new six–car trains for the North-South and East-West Lines (NSEWL). The first of these 12 trains will arrive in Singapore in early-2018, and will undergo testing at the NSEWL depots before they are put into service around the middle of 2019.
These 12 trains are the final batch of the 57 new trains that will be put into service from 2016 to 2019.
These NSEWL trains will be the first trains to feature tip-up seats that will provide additional flexibility in seat configuration. The trains will also come with commuter-centric features such as three rows of straphangers and triplicated grab-poles for standing passengers. Commuters can also refer to the Dynamic Route Map Display located at the top of each door for their current location, route information and the side the train doors will open at the next station.
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