 Construction site of the East Coast Integrated Depot in January 2024 | |
 Interactive map of East Coast Integrated Depot | |
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| Location | 9 Koh Sek Lim Road, Singapore 488961 |
| Coordinates | 1°19′38″N103°57′26″E / 1.32736°N 103.95734°E /1.32736; 103.95734 |
| Characteristics | |
| Operator | SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) (EWL & TEL) SBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) (DTL) Go-Ahead Singapore Pte Ltd (Go-Ahead Group plc) (Bus Depot) |
| Depot code | ECID |
| Type | Elevated (EWL) At-grade (TEL) Underground (DTL) |
| Roads | Upper Changi Road East |
| Routes served | EWL East–West Line DTL Downtown Line TEL Thomson–East Coast Line |
| History | |
| Opened | 8 December 2025; 2 months ago (2025-12-08) (EWL) 2026; 0 years ago (2026) (TEL, DTL, Bus Depot) |
TheEast Coast Integrated Depot (ECID) is a large integrated bus and train depot located inChangi, Singapore. It serves theEast–West Line (EWL), and will serve two otherMass Rapid Transit (MRT) lines: theDowntown Line (DTL) and theThomson–East Coast Line (TEL). It is currently under construction, with expected completion in the second half of 2026.
The ECID will be located beside the current site ofChangi Depot, which will be demolished.[1] It will be the first MRT depot in Singapore to serve three MRT lines and the third to be integrated with a bus depot in Singapore, after theTuas Depot on theEast–West Line andGali Batu Depot on theDowntown Line.
With this design, it is estimated that 44 hectares of land will be saved, equivalent to approximately 60 football fields. The depot will be able to house approximately >200 trains of varying sizes and lengths and >550 buses within the site.[2]
It was first announced in August 2014 with an expected completion by 2024 but was delayed to 2026 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.Contract T301 for the construction of East Coast Integrated Depot, reception tunnels and its associated facilities was awarded to GS Engineering & Construction Corporation at a sum of S$1.99 billion on 21 March 2016. Construction began in 2016 and was initially planned for completion in 2024.[1][3][4]
Structural works reached 75% completion in September 2022,[5] and 98% in November 2024.[6] It was also announced previously that the opening of the depot is pushed back to 2026.[6]
Following a 9-day service suspension from 29 November 2025 to 7 December 2025 for track connection, the East-West Line depot commenced operations on 8 December 2025.[7]
The East Coast Integrated Depot consists of a multi-level train depot and a multi-level bus depot.
The train depot will have three levels containing three separate depots for three different MRT lines. The underground portion will house a 66-track depot for theDowntown Line, and will be brought into use following the opening of Stage 3e of the line. The at-grade portion will house a 62-track depot for the futureThomson–East Coast Line, to be used following the completion of Stage 5 of the line. Finally, the elevated portion will house a 72-track depot for theEast–West Line, which will replace the existingChangi Depot. All three depots will operate independently of each other, a first for Singapore, and will be designed to be able to handle trains of different lengths, of 3, 4 and 6 respectively of the lines they operate on.
The facility will be located betweenSimei station andTanah Merah station on the East–West Line, betweenXilin station andSungei Bedok station on the Downtown Line, and offSungei Bedok station on the Thomson–East Coast Line. It will also connect to Tanah Merah station on the Thomson–East Coast Line after the Changi Airport Branch is absorbed into the line.
The depot has ten reception tracks:
East Coast Bus Depot is an upcoming multi-storey bus depot facility currently under construction, located adjacent to the train depot within the Sungei Bedok area. It forms part of the East Coast Integrated Depot, an integrated rail and bus facility that also serves the East–West Line, Downtown Line, and Thomson–East Coast Line. The co-location of rail and bus depots allows for more efficient land use and construction.
The depot is planned to support the growing bus fleet under the Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP) and Bus Contracting Model (BCM). It is designed to accommodate over 500 buses and will include a Bus Operations Control Centre, administrative offices, maintenance workshops, refuelling and washing facilities, and multi-level parking. Similar toSoon Lee Bus Depot andWoodlands Bus Depot, the ground level will host maintenance and service facilities, while bus parking decks will be located on the second and third levels. It will also be replacing Changi Bus Park but the bus package will be under Tampines Bus Package and it will only have 550 parking lots.
With the Tampines Bus Package awarded toGo-Ahead Singapore in September 2025, the operator will take over as the anchor operator of the depot starting in 2026.
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