DESIGN OF NEW MRT STATIONS

DESIGN OF NEW MRT STATIONS

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(Facilities for disabled and elderly): **

18.

Ms Indranee Rajah asked the Minister for Transport whether the designs for all new MRT stations, including those to be built along the Circle Line, will include in-built effective facilities for the disabled and elderly.

Mr Yeo Cheow Tong: Ms Indranee asked whether all new MRT stations, including those along the Circle Line, would have facilities for the disabled and the elderly.

I am pleased to inform that all new MRT stations, including the Circle Line stations, will be equipped with facilities for the disabled and the elderly. These facilities include lifts, ramps, handicapped toilets as well as the Tactile Guidance System for the visually impaired.

All the MRT stations along the recently opened North East Line and Sengkang LRT are also equipped with such facilities. The accessibility of the entire MRT system will be further enhanced when the retrofitting works at the existing stations along the NS-EW Line are completed.