![]() But what they might not know about the station names is that some of them have an interesting history and background story for how it got the name that it has today. Most Singaporeans and tourists usually do know what the name of the station is where they need to go. (The codes are described further up on this page.) Also the interchange codes make it easier to find stations where you can transfer and switch trains to another MRT or LRT line. To make it easier for people to find their way down under at Singapore’s MRT stations, the stations do not only have names but are also given codes based on the line name and the order in which the stations are placed on the map for that specific line and route. If you would like to know more about Singapore’s MRT system in whole, then we recommend you to watch this informative video about “The World’s Most Innovative Metro System” made by the RMTransit channel on YouTube. The first MRT map Singapore displays the two lines stretching from east to west, and north to south with the additional branch line operated between Jurong East and Choa Chu Kang which was a seperate line until the commencement of the Woodlands Extension in 1996 when it was merged with the North South line. The final stage of the initially planned lines we’re finalized when the Boon Lay station on the East West line was consecrated a few years later, two years ahead of schedule on July 6th 1990. Within the following year at the end of 1988, 20 more stations had been built. It was a section of the red, North South line that spanned across six kilometres (about 3.7 miles) and consisted of five stations. It all started in the early 1980’s when the first section of the MRT started operations on November 7th in 1987. ![]() How did it all start and what’s in scope for the future? Here’s some interesting facts about the Singapore MRT map and the Mass Rapid Transit system.
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