No MRT service from Bedok to Tampines, Tanah Merah to Expo from Nov 29 to Dec 8

Train services on the East-West Line (EWL) will not run between Bedok and Tampines stations for 10 days from Nov 29 to Dec 8.

- Esther Loi

There will also be no service between Tanah Merah and Expo stations during that period.

Affected passengers will have to take shuttle buses instead, and should allot more time for their journeys, which could take up to 30 minutes longer, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA). The cost of their journey, however, will remain the same.

Simei and Tanah Merah MRT stations will be closed during this period.

An estimated 180,000 passengers could be affected daily over the 10 days of service adjustments, said LTA.

Those travelling to Simei and Tanah Merah can take a shuttle bus service, Shuttle 7, which will run between Bedok and Tampines stations, while those heading to or from Expo can take Shuttle 8, which will ply between Bedok and Expo stations.

Announcing this in a statement on Oct 3, LTA said this is the second round of service adjustments to allow works connecting tracks from the existing EWL to the new East Coast Integrated Depot.

These works will also connect the tracks to a new platform at Tanah Merah station.

Shuttle 7 will operate every three to five minutes, while Shuttle 8 will run every 10 minutes.

Commuters can also take shuttle trains running at five-minute intervals between Tampines and Pasir Ris stations and between Expo and Changi Airport stations, and those running every eight minutes between Paya Lebar and Bedok stations.

There are longer waits for these shuttle trains, compared with regular services with frequencies of around two to three minutes at peak hours.

This is because the shuttle trains can only travel back and forth along the same track.