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Kim Chuan Depot (Chinese: 金泉车厂) is a rail depot for the Mass Rapid Transit system in Singapore. The depot cost S$297 million to construct and houses the trains for the Circle Line and Downtown Line. The depot is fully underground, reaching a depth of 24 m at some points. It provides stabling of the trains, maintenance and operational control of the line. The depot has a capacity for 77 trains and has an area of 100,000 m². The depot is located along Upper Paya Lebar Road and 2.1 million cubic metres of soil had to be excavated for its construction. An administration building with offices, a warehouse, a canteen and a 66 kilovolt substation is located above the depot. The remaining 3 hectares of land left empty will be used for light industrial use with buildings on it up to 9 storeys high. Touted as the world's biggest underground depot, it officially opened on 4 March 2009, employing 300 staff members. This depot is operated by SMRT Trains and temporarily by SBS Transit since 22 December 2013〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Land Transport Masterplan: Downtown Line Stage 1 to open on Dec 22 )〕 until Gali Batu Depot is ready to be used. The depot is located: For the Circle Line between Tai Seng station and Bartley station and has 4 receptions tracks: 2 Clockwise bound towards Bartley Station and 2 Anti-Clockwise bound towards Tai Seng Station For the Downtown Line between Ubi station and Bedok North station and has 2 reception tracks: 1 Eastbound towards Bedok North Station and 1 Westbound towards Ubi Station. ==Expansion== The announcement to expand the current Kim Chuan Depot was announced by the LTA in tandem with the Circle Line stage 6 extension. The expansion called for the depot to be expanded to almost double its capacity from 70 to 133 trains. The integrated depot will also house 550 buses to optimise land use. The expansion of the depot will be completed at about the same time as CCL6 in 2025. The location of the project will be along the Bartley Road East viaduct, opposite the current Kim Chuan Depot site. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kim Chuan Depot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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