Baking the lime green pie

Looking at the scale of our rail expansion projects.

Editor’s note: You may have seen an…

The payment ecosystem

There’s a greater story behind the LTA’s discontinuation of old ez-link cards.

If they pull it off

The LTA appears to be pushing forward with the plan to merge the Changi Airport branch into the TEL.

Not rapid

The trials and tribulations of the BPLRT teach the rest of the rail network a lesson.

Rail reliability and maintenance is a complex topic. But that complexity should thus warrant close political observation, in order to ensure that the needs of public transport users are balanced…

The East Coast Depot plan

Did the LTA bite off more than they can chew?

There has been of course much hand wringing over the delays to TEL5 and DTL3 Extension, which will now open in 2026 — two years after their originally planned opening date of 2024. And I won’t be surprised if…

Let’s talk about tunnels

A curious phenomenon we’re seeing with new MRT construction?

I usually walk to Havelock station from old Tiong Bahru. While walking there once, this caught my eye.

On gateways

The prime complaint about the JRL is how it supposedly makes Singapore’s busiest MRT station even busier. I don’t think so.

There are two main groups of users at Jurong East, as with every interchange station — those who actually use the station, and those who are just changing…

The TEL4 (p)review

For once, a TEL stage opened without much drama.

I may be a doomer most of the time, but this blog celebrates deserving victories. We wouldn’t be here without the hard work of the engineers at the LTA, SMRT, Alstom, amongst other contractors, in gaining experience over…

The ideal medium-capacity train

Futureproofing means throwing out everything we’re used to.

Fast again, slow again

With Anwar’s government claiming that it will back the KL-Singapore HSR, what could be in store?