Kim Chuan Depot
Alstom Metropolis C830 trains in Kim Chuan Depot.
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| Location | 11 Kim Chuan Road, Singapore 537065 |
| Coordinates | 1°20′27.97″N 103°53′14.15″E / 1.3411028°N 103.8872639°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner(s) | Land Transport Authority |
| Operator(s) |
SMRT Corporation (CCL) SBS Transit (DTL) |
| Type | Underground |
| Roads | Kim Chuan Road, Upper Paya Lebar Road |
| Rolling stock | C830, C830C, C951 |
| Routes served |
CCL Circle Line DTL Downtown Line |
| History | |
| Opened | 2008 |
Kim Chuan Depot is a train depot for the Mass Rapid Transit system in Singapore. The depot is constructed fully underground and provides maintenance, stabling and operational facilities for the Circle Line and Downtown Line. It is located in Hougang, along Upper Paya Lebar Road, and is accessible via Kim Chuan Road.
It is the first depot in Singapore to serve two independently operated MRT lines, until the adjacent Tai Seng Facility Building, becomes operational with the revenue operation of the Downtown Line stage 3 in 21 October 2017.
The project cost S$297 million to construct and 2.1 million cubic metres of soil had to be excavated for its construction. Touted as the world's biggest underground depot, it officially opened on 4 March 2009, employing 300 staff members.
The depot was used for the temporary storage and light maintenance of rolling stock for the Downtown Line, before the completion of the Tai Seng Facility Building. It also provided a route in which Downtown Line trains can be towed from the depot to its operational line via the Circle Line tracks. Once the main depot, Gali Batu Depot was completed with stage 2 of the Downtown Line, Kim Chuan Depot simply provides a route for newly delivered Downtown Line trains to be transferred in to the Tai Seng Facility Building.
The depot has a capacity to stable 70 trains and covers an area of more than 100,000 square metres, reaching a depth of 24 metres at some points. Specifically, the main depot floor is 800 metres in length, 160 metres in width and 23 metres in height.The facility contains the main operation control centre for the Circle Line, maintenance facility, stabling areas, and ancillary facilities such as train wash and workshops. It also houses an automatic storage and retrieval system, a warehouse that stores spare parts for the rolling stocks and other equipments. The depot is connected to the adjacent Tai Seng Facility Building on the east side of the facility and in the future will be operating in tandem with the Tai Seng Maintenance Facility when the stage 3 of the Downtown Line commences operations in late 2017.
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