Ten Mile Junction LRT station was closed from 10 December 2010 until 30 December 2011 for retrofitting works due to the closure and redevelopment of Ten Mile Junction buying mall (now often called Junction 10), making it the primary MRT/LRT station to be completely closed in Singapore after opening. The station was closed permanently from thirteen January 2019 attributable to low demand. A North Branch consisting of two to four LRT stations for the Punggol LRT line had been deliberate, which might have introduced commuters from Punggol LRT station by way of Sam Kee and Teck Lee LRT station before branching out from the West Loop tracks onto this department, terminating close to Coney Island. It was finally replaced by extra bus companies and the Punggol Coast extension of the North East Line which incorporates Punggol Coast MRT station on the North East Line (NEL) to better serve commuters in the realm. Subsequently, Sam Kee opened on 29 February 2016, Punggol Point opened on 29 December 2016 whereas Samudera opened on 31 March 2017 as the area across the stations grew to become extra developed.
On 31 October 2012, LTA announced that by 2016, Sengkang and Punggol LRT systems might be upgraded to a two-automotive system for 16 of the forty one present prepare vehicles, permitting double the number of passengers to board at anyone time. Additionally, the Charity Cocktail Reception & Photo Exhibition will showcase the great thing about Kyrgyzstan and the strength of the ladies who undertake these expeditions, as well as spotlight the significance of supporting ladies survivors of warfare and violence. To have fun its latest expedition to Kyrgyzstan, WOAM is internet hosting a Charity Cocktail Reception & Photo Exhibition at the EHL Hospitality Business School Singapore Campus on 11 April 2023. The occasion will function restricted-edition prints from their journey across the Kyrgyz mountains and previous expeditions. On the upcoming charity occasion, company will get the unique alternative to learn about WOAM’s work and to support the organisation’s mission. All forty three stations are geared up with such services, thus there will probably be no difficulties present for the previous and handicapped. By 2018, glass and steel platform limitations have been put in at all forty three LRT stations to prevent folks from falling onto the tracks.
On three December that year, Mah announced the federal government’s intentions to pilot two LRT systems at Bukit Panjang and Buona Vista. In 1996, the Land Transport Authority (LTA), which was formed from the merger of several transport statutory boards including MRTC in 1995, revealed a White Paper which outlined its objectives for a world-class transport system in Singapore, one among which was the utilisation of LRT techniques as feeder services to the MRT network, and the combination of LRT services with HDB estates to maximise comfort for residents. Together with the MRT, the LRT is constructed and owned by the Land Transport Authority (LTA), with operating concessions at present handed to SMRT Trains Ltd, a subsidiary of SMRT Corporation, and SBS Transit Ltd, a subsidiary of ComfortDelGro. In 1995, research journeys have been made to the SK and Véhicule Automatique Léger (VAL) programs in France to check on the feasibility of building LRT methods near HDB public flats and integration of the LRT with different public transport modes as properly as the H-Bahn suspended monorail system in Germany to check into the possibility of implementing such a system for Singapore Polytechnic and the National University of Singapore.
In 2021, LTA introduced plans for the growth of the LRT part of Sengkang Depot. Some of the organisations that WOAM have supported and raised funds for through the years embrace International Justice Mission, UN Women, Aware (Singapore’s leading gender equality advocacy group), and Pertapis Home for Women and Girls in Singapore. Women on a Mission (WOAM) Singapore is a non-revenue organisation founded with the core objective of supporting and empowering women survivors of warfare and violence. To date, close to US$60,000 has been raised to assist some of essentially the most marginalised ladies on the planet, women survivors of warfare in Ukraine, Afghanistan and Syria by means of one in every of their charity partners, Women for Women International. Through the final expedition in September 2022, a crew of 12 women from WOAM travelled 156km in seven days, trekking through the picturesque snow-peaked mountains of the Tian Shan range close to the border of China at an altitude of 3,000 to 4,000 metres. WOAM has been elevating women’s lives for the previous eleven years and has raised over US$1 million to assist organisations that empower ladies worldwide. Up to now decade, WOAM has undertaken expeditions to varied areas such as the Himalayas, the Middle East, Africa, Mongolia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and the Arctic Circle.