Safety on the Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

15 December 1997 (4:15pm) - A C651 train was doing some modifications at Bishan Depot by Siemens before being deployed for the evening peak period.

3 March 2003 (7:30 pm)[3] – A car crashed onto a stretch of at-grade track along Lentor Avenue in between Khatib and Yio Chu Kang, resulting in a light, minor collision by an oncoming C751B train (333/334).

On 22 March 2016, 2 SMRT maintenance trainees who were part of a group of 15 tasked to investigate a possible signalling system fault near the tracks of Pasir Ris Station were run over by a Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151 at around 11:10 am, killing them.

This led to a 2.5 hour disruption from 11:10 am to 1:56 pm from Pasir Ris and Tanah Merah, and affected at least 10,000 commuters.

[4] On 7 October 2017, train services were disrupted between Ang Mo Kio and Marina South Pier after the tunnels between Bishan and Braddell flooded after a heavy downpour in the afternoon and a small fire was spotted between Raffles Place and Marina Bay.

[5][6] On 15 November 2017 at 8:20 am, two trains collided at Joo Koon MRT station, injuring 36 passengers and 2 SMRT staff.

[7][8] On 25 September 2024, a KHI C151 train (065/066) derailed while being withdrawn from service into Ulu Pandan Depot after a defective train axle box on train-car 2065 dislodged and caused the wheels of a bogie to come off the running rail and hit track equipment, including the third rail and point machines, significantly damaging them and causing a power fault.

Recovery lasted 6 days, with service restored on the 1st of October, making this incident the longest breakdown in Singapore history.

Platform screen door designs on the North–South and East–West lines' older stations, however, prohibit the installation of such gap fillers.

All MRT trains are built to strict safety standards, with materials that are fire-retardant, while attmepting to limit toxicity.

[19] Emergency readiness drills are conducted by the LTA to test the operators' responsiveness to fire incidents.

Full height PSDs mainly manufactured by Westinghouse are installed at all existing underground MRT and sub-surface stations in Singapore.

The second series of PSDs sport a sleeker design, producing less sound when the doors were opened and closed while incorporating more glass.

The Downtown Line features Westinghouse doors of a still-newer design, which is also found in Marina South Pier MRT station which opened in 2014.

Intrusions onto the tracks at elevated stations have fallen since the installation of half-height platform screen doors.

The government had not supported the retrofitting of these gates at elevated platforms due to prohibitively high costs.

Costs have since fallen due to the popularity of such gates worldwide, making such a project now feasible,[23] and in a speech by the Minister for Transport Raymond Lim on 25 January 2008, the government announced plans for the retrofitting of HHPSDs on platforms at all elevated stations by 2012.

Newer half-height platform screen doors on the Tuas West Extension which opened in 2017 were installed by Fangda of China.