Thomson-East Coast Line · Singapore

Thomson-East Coast Line is a Singapore line with 27 stations.

At a glance

Stations: 27
From: Woodlands North
To: Bayshore
Interchanges: 6
Difficulty: Lv 3 of 7
Keystrokes: ~287

Thomson-East Coast Line runs from Woodlands North to Bayshore, 27 stops in the order you type them. Measured in straight lines between the station coordinates, the run is about 36.7 km, an average of 1.4 km between stops. The longest gap is Woodlands South to Springleaf, about 4.2 km, and the shortest is Outram Park to Maxwell, about 500 m. The real track is a little longer than these straight lines.

Typing every station name once takes about 287 keystrokes, which is difficulty level 3 of 7 among Singapore's lines. The level only compares lines within one city, so use the keystroke count to compare across cities. At the Woodlands North end the game shows Woodlands Waterfront Park jetty, and at the Bayshore end, East Coast Park from Bedok Jetty.

You can change to 5 other lines: North-South Line, Circle Line, Downtown Line, East West Line, North East Line. The busiest interchange is Outram Park, where 2 other lines meet this one. The interchange stations are Woodlands, Caldecott, Stevens, Orchard, Outram Park, Marina Bay.

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Along the way

The game shows a nearby place at each station. Some of the ones on Thomson-East Coast Line:

Woodlands Waterfront Park jetty at Woodlands North. A long straight jetty with railings running out over the Johor Strait, with the skyline of Johor Bahru on the far shore under a grey sky.Photo: Sjenghai · CC BY-SA 4.0
Woodlands Stadium at Woodlands South. The running track and green pitch of Woodlands Stadium, with trees and apartment blocks behind and the raised MRT viaduct in the foreground.Photo: LN9267 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Yio Chu Kang Road at Lentor. Yio Chu Kang Road running between tall trees, with two lanes, a yellow double line and orange cones where roadworks are under way.Photo: LN9267 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery at Bright Hill. The upswept dragon-topped roof ridge of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery against a deep blue evening sky.Photo: FN-082 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Stevens Road at Stevens. A wide, tree-lined stretch of Stevens Road, with a median strip and a couple of cars driving past.Photo: Terence Ong · CC BY 2.5
New Orchard Road at Orchard Boulevard. Shoppers walking along a paved stretch of New Orchard Road, with tall planters of flowering plants and the glass roof of a mall behind.Photo: Niall Sohan (talk) · Public domain
Great World City at Great World. The cream-coloured facade of the Great World City mall, with a large moon mural on the wall, a fast-food sign and high-rise apartment towers behind.Photo: Terence Ong · CC BY 2.5
Pagoda Street, Chinatown at Outram Park. Brightly painted shophouses with shutters and red lanterns on Pagoda Street in Chinatown.Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0
Helix Bridge and Marina Bay Sands at Marina Bay. The red Helix Bridge across Marina Bay at night, with the three towers of Marina Bay Sands behind and the lotus-shaped ArtScience Museum at the right.Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tanjong Rhu at night at Tanjong Rhu. The lit-up apartment towers of Tanjong Rhu and the city skyline reflected in the Kallang River after dark.Photo: BenTanXiaoMing · CC BY-SA 4.0
Peranakan shophouse in Joo Chiat at Tanjong Katong. The ornate front of a Peranakan shophouse in Joo Chiat, with a carved tiled facade, pink plasterwork and wooden shutters above a patterned doorway.Photo: Tabledreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0
East Coast Park seawall at Marine Terrace. The sea along East Coast Park, with Singapore flags flying beside a green railing and ships on the horizon.Photo: AnamikaWrites · CC BY-SA 4.0