Westinghouse Brake & Signal Holdings Ltd (Westinghouse), part of Invensys Rail Group (IRG), has signed a contract with the Land Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA) to install signalling on ’s new Downtown Line. The contract is valued at S$288 million (approximately £123 million).
This new line is part of the major mass transit project to support the Land Transport Masterplan for 's transport system. Part of the exciting vision of the Masterplan is to double the network of the Rapid Transit System from today's 138km to 278km by 2020. By then commuters will be within five minutes' walk (or on average 400 metres) to an RTS station within the Central area. The Downtown Line will be built in three stages with Stage 1 to be completed by 2013, Stage 2 by 2015 and Stage 3 in 2016. When fully completed, the Downtown Line will enhance connectivity of the Rapid Transit System network and facilitate direct travel from the north-western and eastern areas of the island to the Central Business District and the Marina Bay.
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