LTA to add 42 trains to the NEL, CCL starting this year
New trains will arrive beginning 2H15.
A total of 42 trains will be added to the North East Line and the Circle Line starting the middle of 2015 until 2016, according to the Land Transport Authority.
Starting from the middle of this year, 18 trains will be added progressively to the North East Line (NEL), and 24 trains to the Circle Line (CCL). All 42 trains will have entered revenue service by 2016.
Meanwhile, 57 new trains will be added to the North-South and East-West Lines (NSEWL) from 2016 to 2019. These 99 new trains will increase the NSEWL, NEL and CCL fleets by close to 50%.