en Ulu Pandan Depot

Ulu Pandan Train Depot
乌鲁班丹车厂
烏魯班丹車廠
	Ulu Pandan Depot as viewed from the mainline tracks, September 2020
Location
Location	20 Toh Tuck Avenue, Singapore 597006
Coordinates	1°20′0.33″N 103°45′36.51″E / 1.3334250°N 103.7601417°E
Characteristics
Owner	Land Transport Authority
Operator	SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
Depot code	UPD
Type	Electric
Roads	Toh Tuck Avenue
Rolling stock	Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151; Kawasaki–Sifang C151A; Kawasaki–Sifang C151B; Kawasaki–Sifang C151C ; Alstom Movia R151
Routes served	NSL North–South Line ; EWL East–West Line
History
Opened	12 March 1988; 36 years ago

Ulu Pandan Depot (simplified Chinese: 乌鲁班丹车厂; traditional Chinese: 烏魯班丹車廠) is a train depot near Jurong East, Singapore and it serves the trains on the North–South Line and East–West Line.

It has a capacity of 45 trains and has an area of 130,000 square metres. Train inspections are carried out at this depot.

Commuters can have a glimpse of it while on a train between Clementi and Jurong East stations. It is located off Toh Tuck Avenue and sits along Toh Tuck Avenue. The depot is located between Clementi station and Jurong East station on the East West line and has 3 reception tracks: 2 tracks Westbound towards Jurong East station and 1 track Eastbound towards Clementi station.

History

Ulu Pandan Depot was first mentioned in Contract 204, which detailed the construction of Clementi station as well as elevated links to the depot.^[1] It was awarded to a joint venture between Lim Kah Ngam construction and the Aoki corporation.^[2] In August 1985, it was announced that Hiap Shing Construction had won the contract for Ulu Pandan Depot's earthworks at S$2.67 million (1985) (US$1.21 million),^[a] beating eleven other contractors. Since the project did not require foreign expertise, it was therefore limited to local and foreign contracts registered under the Construction Development Industry Board as well as undertaken projects worth at least S$5 million (1985) (US$2.27 million). The contract expected Hiap Shing to build a drainage system and to clear the site for construction within 9 months.^[3] In October of the same year, it was announced that the JDC Corporation and Jurong Engineering won the S$79.58 million (1985) (US$36.17 million) contract to build Ulu Pandan Depot and Jurong East station along with 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) of viaducts from Ulu Pandan Depot to Jurong East station.^[4]^[5] The contract for Ulu Pandan Depot's fire protection and electrical services was awarded to a joint venture between the Resources Development Corporation and Sato Kogoyo Co Ltd for S$92 million (1986) (US$42.25 million) in March 1986.^{[citation needed]}