{"id":43923,"date":"2026-04-12T18:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=43923"},"modified":"2026-04-12T18:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:45:52","slug":"a-first-look-at-the-expanded-sengkang-punggol-lrt-depot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=43923","title":{"rendered":"A first look at the expanded Sengkang-Punggol LRT depot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Structural and architectural works within the depot have been completed, with internal works such as fittings of rail tracks ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>The connection of the new reception tracks to the main line will involve four phases &#8211; the demolition of existing infrastructure, reinstatement of power lines, testing of systems such as power and signalling, followed by the testing of the trains on the new reception tracks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese enhancements will enable more efficient train deployment, improved maintenance productivity, provide greater operational redundancy and deliver more reliable LRT services for commuters,\u201d said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Affected commuters can take a dedicated shuttle bus service that will also operate from Sengkang Bus Interchange during weekday morning and evening peak periods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/sengkang-punggol-lrt-expanded-depot-more-trains-6048961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Structural and architectural works within the depot have been completed, with internal works such as fittings of rail tracks ongoing. The connection of the new&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--uRsqh3UP--\/c_crop,h_900,w_1600,x_0,y_128\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/04\/10\/llt_3269.jpg?itok=R-wGKSu0","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[702,12262,9653,20382],"class_list":["post-43923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-depot","tag-expanded","tag-lrt","tag-sengkangpunggol","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}