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2 unusual facts about Land Transport Authority


Certificate of Entitlement

Before buying a new vehicle, potential vehicle owners in Singapore are required by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to first place a monetary bid for a Certificate of Entitlement (COE).

West Coast Highway, Singapore

The Land Transport Authority started modifying and extending the highway in the late 1990s, in response to the increased amount of traffic using it.


Changi Depot

A Swiss national, Oliver Fricker was charged with three charges of trespassing into the depot on the early hours of May 17 and vandalising the train by spraying paint and damaging public property by cutting a wired fence into property belonging to the Land Transport Authority.

Eastern Region MRT Line

On 11 July 2012, a speech by Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister of State, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Transport, at Downtown Line 3 (DTL3) Tunelling Works Ceremony, announced that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) are starting architectural and engineering consultancy studies for the Eastern Region Line, which will eventually connect to the Thomson Line.

Joo Koon MRT Station

Built alongside with Pioneer, it was part of the Boon Lay MRT Extension (BLE) project announced by the Land Transport Authority in December 2004 to help people working in the Jurong Industrial Area travel faster.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151

Land Transport Authority (LTA), the authority which manage SMRT Trains rolling stocks, calls the trains as "First Generation trains", while SMRT addressed it "KHI".


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