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Transport

Rail Length (km) At End-of-Year

Data from Jan 2005 to Dec 2017

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:02 SGT

LTA (Land Transport Authority)

The MRT network was extended to link Yishun and Chua Chu Kang with the Woodlands Extension in 1996.
Bukit Panjang LRT started operation in 1999.
Changi Airport Line commenced operation in 2002.
North East Line (NEL) and Sengkang LRT opened for service in 2003.
Punggol LRT opened for service in Jan 2005.
Boon Lay Extension and Circle Line (CCL) Stage 3 opened for service in Feb and May 2009 respectively.
CCL Stages 1 & 2 opened for service in Apr 2010.
CCL Stages 4 & 5 opened for service in Oct 2011.
Downtown Line (DTL) Stage 1 opened for service in Dec 2013.
North-South Line Extension opened for service in Nov 2014.

Length by Year

Data explorer

RailLengthkmAtEndofYear.csv (24 rows, 370 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Rail Type Text	Length Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2005	mrt	109.4
2005	lrt	28.8
2006	mrt	109.4
2006	lrt	28.8
2007	mrt	109.4
2007	lrt	28.8
2008	mrt	109.4
2008	lrt	28.8
2009	mrt	118.9
2009	lrt	28.8

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Rail Type	rail_type	Text	-	Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) or Light Rapid Transit (LRT)
Length	length	Numeric	Kilometre	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_d6e505b87580a4bae4aae0beb07d3de6"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Land Transport Authority. (2016). Rail Length (km) At End-of-Year (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 29, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d6e505b87580a4bae4aae0beb07d3de6/view

About this dataset

Contact

Jerry_HENG@lta.gov.sg

Created on

31 Mar 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

LTA (Land Transport Authority)