04 September 2023 Photo credit: SMRT While the rest of Singapore slept, the Straits Times joined our rail maintenance team as they worked during the short window of time before train services start for the day. This article was published on The Straits Times on 16 August 2023.  

26 November 2019 Due to the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2019 on 30 November and 1 December, there will be temporary bus route amendments on those days. SMRT bus services will skip stops in the Civic District and parts of the Central Business District (CBD). The following bus services are affected...

20 September 2022 SMRT signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with all five of Singapore's polytechnics on 9 September 2022 to boost the talent pipeline for SMRT's operations, services and businesses, and Singapore's rail industry. The MoU seeks to enhance workforce readiness, support lifelong...

23 November 2023   Joint LTA-SMRT News Release: Public Transport Emergency Preparedness Exercise at Woodlands MRT station 1. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) and SMRT Trains will conduct Exercise Station Guard, an emergency preparedness exercise, on 30 November 2023, from 10.00am to 4.00pm at...

22 July 2023 Commuters can now flex their musical talents after SMRT Trains unveiled a specially commissioned piano that is open to the public at Bayfront MRT station on the Circle Line today, as part of “SMRT’s Music in Community” project. The project aims to enhance vibrancy within its...

26 July 2022  SMRT Trains and Thales, with support from the Land Transport Authority of Singapore, inked an agreement that strengthens the reliability and availability of Thales’ SelTracTM communication-based train control signalling solution for the country’s North-South and East-West lines...

05 April 2022  Both parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for future collaboration in digital including the use of data analytics to explore the full potential of diagnostic data readily available within the rail systems.This project marks the 10th anniversary of the ongoing collaboration...

28 September 2020  Singapore’s pioneer and dominant rail operator SMRT Trains (SMRT) signed a contract with Bombardier Transportation (BT) for the provision of long-term service support for the 106 BOMBARDIER MOVIA trains which will be delivered to Singapore for the North-South and East-West lines...

22 May 2019  The Land Transport Authority (LTA) conducted a joint ground deployment exercise with rail operators SBS Transit (SBST) and SMRT at Dhoby Ghaut MRT station this afternoon. Codenamed ‘Exercise Greyhound 2019’, it is part of a series of regular exercises to ensure that SBST and...

24 February 2018 1. SMRT and the National Transport Workers’ Union (NTWU) concluded discussions successfully this past week that will improve the terms and benefits for SMRT staff who are at the heart of efforts to improve MRT and bus services. The better terms and conditions are intended to retain selected...