Light Rail Transit (Singapore)
| Light Rail Transit (LRT) | |||
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From top, left to right: Platforms of Sengkang, Riviera and Choa Chu Kang LRT stations; a C801A train approaching Pending LRT station; Platforms of Punggol LRT station | |||
| Overview | |||
| Native name | Sistem Rel Ringan (Malay) 轻轨列车系统 (Chinese) இலகு கடவு ரயில் (Tamil) | ||
| Owner | Land Transport Authority | ||
| Locale | Singapore | ||
| Transit type | Automated guideway transit / People mover | ||
| Number of lines | 3 | ||
| Number of stations | 42 | ||
| Daily ridership | 210,000 (2024) | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | 6 November 1999 | ||
| Operator(s) | SBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) | ||
| Number of vehicles | ~89 trainsets | ||
| Technical | |||
| System length | 30 km (18.64 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | Bukit Panjang: 2,642 mm (8 ft 8 in) Sengkang & Punggol: 1,850 mm (6 ft 27⁄32 in) (guide rail span: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)) | ||
| Electrification | Third rail (Bukit Panjang: 600 volts 3-phase AC at 50 Hz, Sengkang & Punggol: 750 volts DC) | ||
| Top speed | 50–80 km/h (31–50 mph) | ||
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The Light Rail Transit system, locally known by the initialism LRT, is a group of three people mover systems in Singapore which act as feeder services to the heavy rail Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), and together forms the core of the country's rail transport services.
The first LRT line was opened in 1999 and the system has since expanded to three segments, serving the new towns of Bukit Panjang, Sengkang and Punggol, with a total system length of approximately 30 km (19 mi). Trains on these lines have at least one station interchange link to the MRT.
Despite its name, the system is not light rail in the traditional sense of tram-style vehicles with partially grade-separated alignments. Instead, it uses people mover technology with rubber-tyred automated vehicles, based on technology developed for airports; the LRT and the Changi Airport Skytrain are technologically very similar.
Along with the MRT, the LRT is constructed and owned by the Land Transport Authority (LTA), with operating concessions currently handed to SMRT Trains Ltd, a subsidiary of SMRT Corporation, and SBS Transit Ltd, a subsidiary of ComfortDelGro. With the completion of Singapore's two LRT lines, there are currently no plans for further LRT networks in the future, aside from linking existing LRT stations to newer MRT lines.