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  Circle MRT Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Circle Line (CCL) is the fourth Mass Rapid Transit line and currently under construction in Singapore.
This is similar to the circumstances surrounding the branched line from Tanah Merah and Changi Airport which is technically part of the East West Line.
Part of the Circle Line is to be operational by 2008, with the entire line expected to be fully operational by 2010.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Circle_Line_(Singapore)   (557 words)

  
 Exquisite Homes | Real Estate Property In Singapore Near To MRT Stations
In the Circle MRT Line, it is between the Holland and One North MRT Stations.
The Simei MRT station (EW3), is on the East-West Line, it is between the Tampines and Tanah Merah MRT stations.
The Choa Chu Kang MRT/ LRT Station (NS4/BP1) is an interchange station of the North South Line and the Bukit Panjang LRT Line.
www.exquisitehomes.com.sg /residential-near-mrt.php   (4608 words)

  
 SkyscraperCity Forums - The Nicoll Highway Collapse and Investigation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A PORTION of Nicoll Highway near the Golden Mile Complex where the MRT's Circle Line is being built collapsed at 3:30pm on Tuesday.
Of the disaster, he noted that tunnelling had been used to build the MRT system for many years and that it was the first time this had happened.
He added that completion of the Circle Line would now have to be delayed, and that the highway - a main artery linking eastern Singapore with the Central Business District - will have to remain closed for the next few months.
www.skyscrapercity.com /printthread.php?t=21933   (1551 words)

  
 2Bangkok.com Forum - Singapore MRT line collapses during contruction
A wall at the deepest part of the new circle line has collapsed, causing a hole in the ground 100 metres long and 30 metres deep, and the collapse of the entire width of Nicoll Highway.
besides, the delay to the line is only to stage 1 of the circle line from national stadium to dhoby ghaut interchange.
Although the line can operate without section 1, this section is arguably the most important, since it passes through the central area and links to the DB interchange.
www.angkor.com /2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/printthread.php?t=163   (1111 words)

  
 UrbanRail.Net > Asia > Singapore Mass Rail Transit (Subway)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Apart from the two metro lines there is an automated elevated people mover line which started operation in 1999 and which connects the MRT station at Choa-Chu-Kang with the new town of Bukit Panjang.
Circle Line Phases 4 & 5 will commence in the third quarter of 2004 and is targeted for completion by 2010.
Bukit Timah MRT Line - for the Bukit Panjang, Upper Bukit Timah and Bukit Timah regions.
www.urbanrail.net /as/sing/singapore.htm   (1217 words)

  
 Wayne Manuel: Circle Line (CCL)
It was near an MRT station of the soon-to-be opened (2007) Circle Line (CCL).
Singapore has three lines already: the North-East Line (NEL, the first automatic MRT in Asia), the North South Line (NSL) and the East West Line (EWL).
Furthermore, once the line is used, there will be more people moving in and out of the campus, resulting to security issues.
wdmanuel.blogspot.com /2004/04/circle-line-ccl.html   (455 words)

  
 Tunnels and Tunnelling International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The incident occurred on Tuesday 20 April at 3.30pm at the Nicoll Highway MRT station worksite — part of the Circle Line's 5.2km long stage one, being constructed by the Nishimatsu Construction Co. Ltd.
The surrounding buildings and structures have been assessed and are safe to use, while the LTA is monitoring ground movements in the area regularly.
Road closures and diversions are in place and although other Circle Line works are ongoing, the LTA said it could be nine months before Nicoll Highway could re-open.
www.tunnelsonline.info /story.asp?sC=25402   (503 words)

  
 2Bangkok.com Forum - Bangkok Subway is the same as Singapore's North-East MRT Line
The systems of Bangkok MRT and the North-East MRT Line of Singapore are the same.
The seats of Bangkok MRT are the same as Singapore MRT.
Wait and see how MRTA is oign to implement the Purple line which was initially the northern extension of Blue lien before converting the blue line into Blue Ring.
www.angkor.com /2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/printthread.php?t=460   (1060 words)

  
 Asean News Network: Singapore Expatriates : Singapore Neighbourhoods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The streets and roads are lined with trees just as other neighbourhoods, and this feature has enabled Singapore to be known as the "Garden City".
It is served by the Clementi Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station, which is on the East-West MRT line.
In terms of public transport, the opening of the North-East Line, the Punggol LRT Line in January 2005, and a temporary bus interchange adjacent to the Punggol MRT Station was a great improvement over what was once a single bus route, SBS Transit's Service 82, to the area along Punggol Road.
www.aseannewsnetwork.com /2005/01/singapore-expatriates-singapore.html   (10175 words)

  
 Singapore Ink. » To more and more stations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Last Friday on the ST, a Mr Ong Beng Koon was not impressed by the Downtown Extension to the Circle Line.
When the Circle Line is completed, commuters in the Marina-Suntec-City Hall area will have two MRT stations – City Hall and Convention Centre – to choose from.
The latter is on the Circle Line, and through the Downtown Extension will be linked to the Eastern Region and Bt Timah Lines.
www.djourne.net /singaporeink/index.php/archives/2005/06/20/to-more-and-more-stations   (764 words)

  
 TalkingCock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Following the recent collapse of parts of the Circle Line at Nicoll Highway and at Ayer Rajah, the LTA has confirmed reports that it will rename the Circle Line to become the C Line.
An LTA spokesman said that although work on the new MRT line will continue, the stretch from Ayer Rajah to Nicoll Highway will be incomplete, and an incomplete circle is therefore a C. LTA maintained that it will monitor future developments.
LTA to be blamed for collapse becos plan for Circle line not a perfect circle, so support not even.
www.talkingcock.com /html/article.php?sid=1417   (244 words)

  
 ERA Online | Swindler Transit News
The silver lining in all the delays is that Sunday’s launch will allow the RTA to debut both components of the project at the same time, rather than months apart.
The century-old line — which runs from Castle Shannon to the southern edge of the city — closed in June 1993 because railroad beds, tracks and bridges were too unstable.
Up at 59th Street/Columbus Circle, Cunningham and Brennan are interested in only a portion of the station, because much of it was gutted in the 1930s to accommodate a passageway to the Eighth Avenue line.
www.electricrailroaders.org /swindler/2004_0417-0423.php   (20587 words)

  
 e-Consultation Paper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) would like to seek your views on the proposed names for the stations along the Circle Line Stages 1 to 3.
Being a smaller estate within the station's vicinity, "Shunfu" was not chosen, as it is not as easily identifiable to the public as "Marymount".
Take part in the online poll on the naming of the remaining 8 MRT stations of the Circle Line.
app.feedback.gov.sg /asp/ocp/ocp01d1.asp?id=1403   (708 words)

  
 Circle Line. What for? - Sintercom
I read with interest the sunday papers about how Holland Village is experiencing drop in biz after the construction of the Circle Line forced 2 carparks to close down.
When the MRT was first proposed it was a wonderful idea: shuttling large amounts of people from neighbourhood areas to the main districts and back.
the circle line was created to aleviate the traffic at key interchanges in the city such as raffles place and city hall.
www.newsintercom.org /?itemid=178   (1253 words)

  
 PD40 ::Strawberry Fever::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Gw jauh2 dateng pake MRT dari Lavender, eh besoknya gw baru tau klo kesana bisa naek bus 135 dan itu cuma satu kali naek.
Kalo mo ke MRT station terdekat, gw harus naek 12 dulu baru turun di MRT Lavender, trus naek MRT sampe ke Paya Lebar.
Nyampe di MRT paya lebar, lagi ada construction besar2an utk pembangunan MRT Circle Line, yg ngebuat gw bingung setengah mati gw harus jalan kemana.
www.geocities.com /purin_fuon   (2008 words)

  
 CIOB International News Service - Singapore deep excavation fatalities inquiry puts blame on design and build contractor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
According to the Committee of Inquiry, it was these design errors that resulted in the failure of the ninth level strut-waler connections together with the inability of the overall temporary retaining wall system to resist the redistributed loads as the ninth level strutting failed.
The diaphragm wall and the strutting system were key elements in the temporary works required for a short section of cut and cover tunnel in the first stage of Singapore’s Circle Line underground rail system.
Also, “the integrity of a back analysis is critical to safety, and is dependent on the basic assumptions that it would be done properly, honestly and in good faith.
www.ciobinternational.org /openArticle.asp?ArticleID=4673   (1083 words)

  
 New CCL MRT Line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Singapore Government has set aside S$3 billion for the construction of Phase 2 of the new Circle Line, which connects all the three existing MRT Lines when completed.
Phase 1, which is the construction of the Marina Line (MRL) will serve the Marina City area as well as the Kallang Sports Complex.
The Land Transport Authority has awarded the CCL License to SMRT Corp. This means SMRT will operate the MRL Line, and eventually the CCL Line for an intial period of 10 years, but the license will be renewed for another 30 years if SMRT performance of operating the CCL Line is up to LTA's standard.
members.fortunecity.com /eshark/id190.htm   (288 words)

  
 Taipei Gay Resources and Travel Tips in Taiwan by Utopia
Next to 228 Park and the exit of the MRT line.
MRT Xin-tien line, CKS Memorial Hall station, behind KMT Headquarters.
Use exit 4 from the MRT, go into the lane between SOGO and Watson’s, keep going until you see Adam Adventure on the right hand side.
www.utopia-asia.com /taiwtaip.htm   (758 words)

  
 Welcome to KopiTalk.com :: View topic - boon lay mrt extension   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
One will be built at Jurong West Street 63, and the other at Joo Koon Circle, near the junction of Benoi Road and International Road.
They should consider building MRT line to Tuas that side.
few years ago read from one article that the east line would be extended to pulau ubin and pulau tekong.
www.kopitalk.com /index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=228062   (626 words)

  
 Condos Near MRT - Guide of Singapore condo and apartment near MRT station in Singapore.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The public train system (MRT) in Singapore consists of 3 main lines, leading to all parts of the island.
The circle line is currently under construction and should be ready by 2006.
Astoria Park condo and The Trumps are right beside the MRT station.
www.singaporeexpats.com /housing-in-singapore/condos-near-MRT.htm   (2524 words)

  
 Thank God for the trains - INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Metro Rail Transit (MRT) line opened shortly before the last year of Joseph Estrada's abbreviated term, pushing ahead of schedule to proclaim the dawning of the new millennium.
Without the MRT, Edsa would be dead now, and it is barely breathing as it is, five years after the MRT opened, with a flood of new cars tumbling over it.
One is that it is a fairly long walk from the MRT station in Cubao to the LRT II, at least by local standards.
news.inq7.net /opinion/index.php?index=2&story_id=31495&col=77   (1138 words)

  
 Poagao's Journal
I took the MRT up to Beitou Station, walked underneath the elevated tracks up to the sign of the Two Hats in a Truck, whereupon I headed up the trail towards Miantian Mountain.
I uprooted all of the standing water containers lying around what was left of the front yard in the hope that I could prevent a small fraction of mosquito births, and in the process created a nice little torrant as the water spilled off the patio and down into the neighboring bamboo grove.
It sounded like they were in the middle of a divination of some kind, so I cancelled my plans for a bit of rest and water on the temple terrace and continued on my way, passing an interesting woodshop along the way.
www.poagao.org /archive/2002_12_01_Archive.html   (10115 words)

  
 positively_perplexed's Xanga Site
About an hour n a half of (combined) waiting time was spent at the entrance of Bishan Mrt station yesterday, with xin li experiencing the bulk of it as both weihong n i were slightly off scheldue.
At about 5pm, i was still in school together with qiyang, vanessa, shulian, angela n not forgetting the j2s, who had all stayed back for the AEP tutorial n practical (for the j2s).
It also seriously 'tarnished the reputation of MRT lines' by giving the impression of 'butcher stores along the subway stations'.
www.xanga.com /positively_perplexed   (5201 words)

  
 The inside of me... : Upsaid journal
The place of the explosion happens to be where my dad was working yesterday.
Being an LTA staff, he's currently involved in the new MRT Circle Line Project and his work site is located at the place where the bridge went down yesterday, and i must say, i almost lost him.
He was working as usual when he saw part of the pillar that was being used to support the temporary bridge collapse and after that, the strong smell of gas could be felt.
www.upsaid.com /bernard77   (1475 words)

  
 Channelnewsasia.com: Nicoll Highway Collapse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It seemed just another Tuesday afternoon for workers in and around the Beach Road area with construction underway for the MRT Circle Line.
Directional signs are in place to inform motorists of the diversions and closures.
According to the Land Transport Authority, earlier excavation works at the MRT Circle Line work site along Nicoll Highway near the Merdeka Bridge, behind Golden Mile Complex, collapsed at about 3.30 pm.
www.channelnewsasia.com /nicoll   (317 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The underground train line, which will loop around the city and cut across existing rail routes, is expected to be ready 'after 2010'.
The new line will be linked to the existing North-South and East-West lines, as well as the yet-to-be-opened North-East line.
The $6.7 billion project, which is being built in five stages, will allow commuters to bypass busy interchanges such as Raffles Place and City Hall when heading to areas outside the city, such as Paya Lebar and Bishan.
www.vipac.com.au /building/lnews/bilnews.htm   (661 words)

  
 Idle Thoughts: April 2004
The accident is the second at a construction site in 10 days and is eerily reminiscent of last Tuesday's MRT tunnel collapse in Nicoll Highway, with one worker saying he heard a breaking sound before the steel framework folded like a pack of cards at 1.30pm.
But yesterday's accident had nothing to do with the works for the new rail line, although an underground MRT station is being built next to the Ayer Rajah site by the same company, said the Land Transport Authority.
The priority is to find the men not accounted for and to control the damage there, he said after visiting the devastated Circle Line construction site yesterday evening.
papayagirl1982.blogspot.com /2004_04_01_papayagirl1982_archive.html   (11619 words)

  
 Paul Humphreys's Weblog
Changi the main airport in Singapore) like Heathrow is being made ready to deal with this monster, in Changi's case a new terminal to be complete in June 2006.
After landing at the excellent Changi airport on Sunday morning I make my way to the MRT station.
It was the night of the Italian GP and I just about managed to stay up until the end.
blogs.sun.com /roller/page/paulhu?entry=singapore_trip   (991 words)

  
 2Bangkok.com - Skytrain News 2000
Even though the cabinet approves all three lines, but the construction cannot be started since BMTA is trying to pressure the cabinet to approve the plan to negotiate with contractors who have strong interests in the construction instead of calling a new bid to ensure that the Samrong extension will be done by December 2002.
The reason Samak make such a response was that the old OCMLT masterplans (both heavy-rail lines and the feeders) have already marked the lines to construct the Skytrains close to the extensions he proposed.
This line will be 14.5 km long with 15 stations belonging to BMA and connect with MRTA Blue line at Tha Phra Station, MRTA Ornage Line at Mahaisawan Station and SRT red line at Charansanitwongse Station.
www.2bangkok.com /2bangkok/Skytrain/BTSArch00.shtml   (15961 words)

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