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Ulu Pandan Depot

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Ulu Pandan Train Depot
乌鲁班丹车厂
Location
Location20 Toh Tuck Avenue, Singapore 597006
Coordinates1°20′0.33″N 103°45′36.51″E / 1.3334250°N 103.7601417°E / 1.3334250; 103.7601417
Characteristics
OwnerLand Transport Authority
OperatorSMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
Depot codeUPD
TypeAt-Grade
RoadsToh Tuck Avenue
Rolling stockKawasaki Heavy Industries C151 Kawasaki–Sifang C151A
Kawasaki–Sifang C151B
Kawasaki–Sifang C151C
Alstom Movia R151
Routes served NSL  North–South Line
 EWL  East–West Line
History
Opened12 March 1988; 36 years ago (1988-03-12)

Ulu Pandan Depot (simplified Chinese: 乌鲁班丹车厂; traditional Chinese: 烏魯班丹車廠) is a depot near Jurong East, Singapore and it serves the trains on the North–South Line and East–West Line.

It has a capacity of 45 trains and has an area of 130,000 square metres. Train inspections are carried out at this depot.

Commuters can have a glimpse of it while on a train between Clementi and Jurong East stations. It is located off Toh Tuck Avenue and sits along Toh Tuck Avenue. The depot is located between Clementi station and Jurong East station on the East West line and has 3 reception tracks: 2 tracks Westbound towards Jurong East station and 1 track Eastbound towards Clementi station.

History

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Ulu Pandan Depot was first mentioned in Contract 204, which detailed the construction of Clementi station as well as elevated links to the depot.[1] It was awarded to a joint venture between Lim Kah Ngam construction and the Aoki corporation.[2] In August 1985, it was announced that Hiap Shing Construction had won the contract to build Ulu Pandan Depot at S$2.67 million (1985) (US$1.21 million),[a] beating eleven other contractors. Since the project did not require foreign expertise, it was therefore limited local and foreign contracts registered under the Construction Development Industry Board as well as undertaken projects worth at least S$5 million (1985) (US$2.27 million). The contract also expected Hiap Shing to build the depot and a drainage system within 9 months.[3]

Plans have also been made for the expansion of Ulu Pandan MRT Depot, with LTA commissioning an engineering study in 2015.[4][5]

Notes

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  1. ^ The Straits Times said that the value was $2.68m

References

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  1. ^ "MRTC pre-qualifies 37 companies".
  2. ^ "LKN-Aoki venture clinches $48.7m MRT contract".
  3. ^ Hiap Shing won earthworks contract
  4. ^ "Ulu Pandan Depot | Land Transport Guru". Land Transport Guru. 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  5. ^ "Behind the Scenes : Changi Depot & Ulu Pandan Depot – SMRT Blog". blog.smrt.com.sg. Retrieved 2017-07-01.