Thales to modernise Singapore metro depot signalling

By Metro Report International |
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SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded Thales a contract to supply digital interlockings for the modernisation of Bishan and Ulu Pandan depots on the North-South and East-West metro lines.

Requirements including undertaking the work without impacting 24×7 operations at the depots.

The contract builds on work undertaken by Thales since 2012 to replace the NSEWL legacy fixed block technology with moving block communications-based train control.

‘Singapore’s NSEWL is one of the oldest and most complex CBTC modernised lines in the world’, said Alcino De Sousa, Thales Vice-President & Managing Director, Urban Rail Signalling, on December 22. ’By leveraging cutting-edge SelTrac technologies and our extensive expertise, we aim to enhance safety and reliability.’

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