Late Openings (LO) along the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) between Woodlands North and Caldecott will take place on Saturdays & Sundays from Saturday, 26 February 2022 to Sunday, 29 May 2022, including Labour Day (1 May 2022) & Vesak Day (15 May 2022)
This is to facilitate additional engineering hours to support the testing of the integrated systems and trains for TEL Stages 1 to 3. Similar arrangements were also put in place to support testing activities for TEL Stage 2.
| Occurs | Duration | |
| Late Opening | Saturdays & Sundays, at 8:00 am | 26 February 2022 – 29 May 2022 |
| Affected Sector | Thomson-East Coast Line: Woodlands North – Caldecott |
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Affected MRT Stations
- TE1 Woodlands North
- TE2NS9 Woodlands
- TE3 Woodlands South
- TE4 Springleaf
- TE5 Lentor
- TE6 Mayflower
- TE7 Bright Hill
- TE8 Upper Thomson
- TE9CC17 Caldecott
As a result, TEL train services will be unavailable during the periods of closure.
Affected Hours & Dates
Late Opening
Train services will start at about 8:00 am on Saturdays & Sundays from 26 February 2022 – 29 May 2022.
First Train Timings during Late Opening
| Station | First Train towards Caldecott | First Train towards Woodlands North |
| TE1 Woodlands North | 08:00 | – |
| TE2 Woodlands | 08:02 | 08:02 |
| TE3 Woodlands South | 08:05 | 08:00 |
| TE4 Springleaf | 08:00 | 08:03 |
| TE5 Lentor | 08:04 | 08:00 |
| TE6 Mayflower | 08:06 | 08:07 |
| TE7 Bright Hill | 08:08 | 08:05 |
| TE8 Upper Thomson | 08:11 | 08:03 |
| TE9 Caldecott | – | 08:00 |
Alternate Travel Arrangements
No shuttle bus service is arranged for this Late Opening. The joint news release by the Land Transport Authority & SMRT mentioned:
Commuters can use existing public bus services such as 162/162M, 167, 855, 856 and 980 to travel along the existing TEL corridor. They can also use some of these bus services to transfer to other rail lines, such as the North-South Line or the Circle Line, to continue their travel on the rail network.