The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line was opened for service.

The Thomson–East Coast Line (TEL) is a medium-capacity Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Singapore. Coloured brown on the rail map, it is the sixth line of the MRT network and is fully underground. When fully completed, it will be around 57 kilometres (35 mi) in length and serve 32 stations, becoming one of the world's longest driverless rapid transit lines. It runs along a combined north–south and east–west corridor, starting in the north at Woodlands town, passing through Upper Thomson and the towns of Ang Mo Kio and Bishan, heading south to the city centre at Orchard Road and Marina Bay, and subsequently heading eastwards along the eastern coast of the country through Kallang, Marine Parade, southern Bedok and Upper East Coast, before passing through Changi Airport and ending at Tanah Merah.