Скачать или смотреть S$25 Billion MRT that Connects Woodlands and Changi

Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) is the 6th line of Singapore Mass Rapid Transit system.

Opened by stages since 2020, TEL connects Woodlands in the north to Sungei Bedok in the east via Marina Bay in the City.

What are the reasons that TEL was built, which area will the line serve, and why TEL is unique among all MRT lines?


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Commuters on first trains at new TEL2 stations reminisce about inaugural 1980s MRT rides. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapor...


KEYWORDS: SMRT, Singapore MRT, mass rapid transit, Singapore transit history, Thomson-East Coast, TEL, Thomson Line, Woodlands North, Rapid Transit System, RTS