Date filmed: 21 June 2024
Time of recording: 1217hrs
Towards: Gardens by the Bay
Train Model: Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang CT251
Train Run: 191
Depot of Origin: Mandai Depot
Final Destination Depot: Mandai Depot
Carriage filmed at: 20914 A1/B1
AM/PM/Full Day: Shuttle Train (Tanjong Rhu - Gardens by the Bay)
This video features a KSF CT251, 2091 (PV91), which is fron Mandai Depot to serve the TEL4 sectors as part of the preview, from TE23 Tanjong Rhu to TE22 Gardens by the Bay.
Today marks the TEL4 preview, and it is definitely one of the much-anticipated events by everyone (including train enthusiasts). TEL4 sees 7 new stations which bring greater connectivity to the Eastern Side of Singapore! The preview will happen from 12pm to 9pm, before the official opening of the TEL4 on 23 June 2024 (Sunday).
For this case, there was a shuttle train that plys between Gardens by the Bay and Tanjong Rhu stations so that the public can have easier access to the TEL4 stations, rather than taking a shuttle bus. Note that at around 2:04, the train would also bypass Founder's Memorial, which is a station slated to be completed by 2028. You would also see a stable train at the other platform of Founder's Memorial. So for 4 years after the opening, all the trains would bypass Founder's Memorial at Full Speed (similar to the cases of Mount Pleasant and Marina South, just that this station has an expected opening year).
Also this is probably the only time where the train heads bi-direction and wrong-rail all the way to Gardens by the Bay.
