[1][2] On 6 November 1983, the large part of the Changi Depot land was acquired for the MRT stabling yard.

To construct the MRT depot, the Kampong Koh Sek Lim was cleared by December 1983, and residents had moved to Tampines and Bedok.

[3] A Swiss national, Oliver Fricker was charged with three charges of trespassing into the depot on the early hours of 17 May and vandalising the train by spraying paint and damaging public property by cutting a wired fence into property belonging to the Land Transport Authority.

[6] In August 2012, plans were announced to replace the existing Changi Depot, which will be demolished.

The depot will house the rolling stock of the East West, Downtown and Thomson–East Coast lines.