The Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Qingdao Sifang C151A is the fourth generation of rolling stock to be used on the North South

North South MRT Line

The North South Line was the 1st Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 44 km long with 25 stations, and is operated by SMRT Corporation...

 and East West

East West MRT Line

The East West Line was the 2nd Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 49.2 km long with 35 stations , making it the longest MRT line in Singapore. It takes about 63 minutes to travel from one end to the other...

 MRT

Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

The Mass Rapid Transit or MRT is a rapid transit system that forms the backbone of the railway system in Singapore, spanning the entire city-state. The initial section of the MRT, between Yio Chu Kang Station and Toa Payoh Station, opened in 1987 establishing itself as the second-oldest metro...

 Lines.

This additional batch of train, together with a new track and platform at Jurong East Interchange

Jurong East MRT Station

Jurong East MRT Station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station that is part of the North South Line and the East West Line in Singapore, and serves as an interchange station between the two lines....

, will increase the capacity of both lines by 15%.

On May 6, 2009, LTA

Land Transport Authority

The Land Transport Authority is a statutory board under the Ministry of Transport of the Singapore Government.-History:...

 announced that Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company

is the rolling stock production division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Since beginning operations in 1906, the company has produced more than 90,000 railroad vehicles.- Products :...

 and CSR

China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation

China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation Limited is a state-owned enterprise supervised by the State Council of the People's Republic of China...

 Sifang Locomotive had won over Hyundai Rotem, Bombardier Transportation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to secure the contract at a cost of S$369 million. This was despite Hyundai Rotem offering the lowest bid at S$323 million. CSR Sifang would handle the manufacture and testing of the rolling stock, while Kawasaki oversees the project and design. The C151A was the first successful joint venture between these two companies in the international market.

As of October 2011, 18 trains have been delivered and the first 5 C151A trains have gone into service on the North South Line

North South MRT Line

The North South Line was the 1st Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 44 km long with 25 stations, and is operated by SMRT Corporation...

 and East West Line

East West MRT Line

The East West Line was the 2nd Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 49.2 km long with 35 stations , making it the longest MRT line in Singapore. It takes about 63 minutes to travel from one end to the other...

 from 27 May 2011, on the day the additional third platform and fourth track at Jurong East Station

Jurong East MRT Station

Jurong East MRT Station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station that is part of the North South Line and the East West Line in Singapore, and serves as an interchange station between the two lines....

 opened. The second 4 C151A had gone into service from 15 September 2011. The third 5 C151A had gone into service from October 2011.The rest of the upcoming 9 sets will be available next month, December 2011.

SMRT Active Route Map Information System (STARIS)

C151As gone into service with STARIS

SMRT Active Route Map Information System

The SMRT Active Route Map Information System is a rail travel information system developed in house by communications engineers from SMRT Corporation for its North South Line and East West Line trains in Singapore...

 installed. Most of the STARIS on the C151As in service have been activated.

Serial Number

Individual cars are assigned a 4 digit serial number by the rail operator, SMRT.

• The car numbers of the trains range from x501 to x544,
• where x depends depends upon whether the car is the first, second or third car from either end of the train. The first car uses the number 3, the second uses a 1 & the third uses a 2. (Example : 3501 for the first carriage)
• The other 3 digits are the train identification number. A 3-car set has car numbers where the last three digits match, e.g. set 501 comprises cars 3501, 1501, 2501. Two 3-car sets are normally coupled to form a 6-car train.

Exterior design

The C151A is similar to the C751B in terms of exterior looks. The only obvious difference comes from the head of the C151A.

• The C751B have orange LED displays front and rear of the train, which above the train operator's window, while the C151A have bright yellow LED displays. The LED displays was meant to show 3-digit Train Run Numbers.
• The C151A have some sort of "eyebags" on its headlights unlike the C751B.
• The C151A's head has a "smiley face" curve design unlike the C751B which design is straight.

Interior design

The C151A is similar to the C751B and the refurbished C151 in terms of interior looks.

• The wall of train is glossy white similar to the C751B
• The seats colour scheme, the floor, overhead panels and the placements of the door closing Red LED signals are similar to the C151.
• Notable difference of the C151A is the thicker grab poles, the curve dark grey aircon ventilator, the different stickers used to depict the fire extinguisher and the side panels with curvy designs on it.
• The train also comes with the STARIS embedded in the door's overhead panels.

Fleet info

Train Number	Image	Advertisements		Revenue Service	Note
		Type	Advert
501/502		Overhead	Welcome to Singapore	27 May 2011	First train of its fleet to have overhead advertisements.
503/504		None	N/A	27 May 2011
505/506		None	N/A	27 May 2011	505/506 suffered battery problems and stop revenue service temporarily for couple of months. It is currently back on service.
507/508		None	N/A	27 May 2011
509/510		None	N/A	27 May 2011
511/512		None	N/A	15 September 2011
513/514		None	N/A	15 September 2011
515/516		None	N/A	15 September 2011
517/518		None	N/A	15 September 2011
519/520		None	N/A	14 October 2011
521/522		None	N/A	20 October 2011
523/524		None	N/A	18 October 2011
525/526		None	N/A	28 November 2011
527/528		None	N/A	21 October 2011
529/530		None	N/A	30 November 2011
531/532		None	N/A	28 November 2011
533/534		None	N/A	29 November 2011
535/536		None	N/A	2012
537/538		None	N/A	2012
539/540		None	N/A	2012
541/542		None	N/A	2012
543/544		None	N/A	2012

External Links

• Main fleet info for C151As