Constructed 2017 - 2019 | Entered service 2019 | |
Manufacturer Kawasaki Heavy Industries
CSR Sifang Built at Qingdao, Shandong, China Number built 72 vehicles (12 trainsets) Formation 6 per trainset
DT–M1–M2–M2–M1–DT | ||
The Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Sifang C151C is the sixth generation of rolling stock to be introduced on the existing East West Line and North South Line. 12 trains were purchased and they will be delivered between 2018 and 2019.
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Tender
The tender for trains under the contract 151C was closed on 14 May 2015 with 3 bids. The Land Transport Authority has shortlisted all of them and the tender results was published on 22 Sep 2015.
New features
The C151C will be the first MRT rolling stock on the NSEWL to be fitted with fold-up seats, and a newer Dynamic Route Map Display also found in T251 on the Thomson-East Coast Line.
Train Formation
The configuration of a C151C in revenue service is DT-M1-M2-M2-M1-DT
Doubts about the consortium
When the defects from the relatively new C151A trains constructed by same consortium made public on 5 July 2016, the discussion of this incident has turned into a political issue in Singapore after Gerald Giam from the Workers Party had made a Facebook post about why the same consortium are awarded the subsequent contracts (Specifically both C151C and CT251 trains were awarded to the same consortium again in 2015, while the C151B was also awarded to the same consortium in 2012 instead) after the Land Transport Authority and SMRT officially knew the C151A crack defects as early as 2013.
The C151A trains that have surfaced issues, along with newer C151B and C151C trains are to be deployed in the East West Line and North South Line while the CT251 trains are to be deployed in Thomson-East Coast Line.