Comment by delta_p_delta_x

> This one was cheap

Singapore's MRT lines are some of the most expensive public transport projects ever. The Circle Line, fully automated and fully underground, cost S$10 billion[1]. The recent Thomson-East Coast Line, still partially under construction, is projected to cost S$25 billion[2]. It was not 'cheap' by any means.

> You can build another line

Singapore is building another line: the Cross-Island Line[3]. It has planned or is constructing at least three more lines[4][5] to achieve something like 460 km by 2040, thereby exceeding the length of the London Underground. About S$100 billion is earmarked for public transport expansion.

But the Circle Line was, as someone who has used it ever since it opened in 2009, ill-conceived as a 'small line'. It is heavily overcrowded. Because of the immense traffic and somewhat lacklustre maintenance, it has suffered several delays and breakdowns. The ideal thing for LTA to do would be to expand each station's capacity, because it links all of Singapore's radial lines at heartland residential areas.

[1]: https://medium.com/from-the-red-line/was-the-circle-line-bui...

[2]: https://www.mot.gov.sg/news/Details/speech-by-minister-khaw-...

[3]: https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/upcoming_projects/r...

[4]: https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/who_we_are/our_wor...

[5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Rapid_Transit_(Singapore)...