side of the facility and is operated in tandem with the Tai Seng Maintenance Facility. The depot is accessible via an administration building along Kim Chuan Road, containing offices, a warehouse, a canteen and a 66 kilovolt substation is located above the depot. The remaining 3 hectares of land left empty will be used for light industrial use with buildings on it up to 9 storeys high. The depot is located between Tai Seng station and Bartley station on the Circle line and has 4 reception tracks: 2 tracks clockwise-bound towards Tai Seng station and 2 tracks anticlockwise-bound towards Bartley station. Extension On 29 October 2015, LTA announced the extension of Kim Chuan depot in tandem with the Circle line stage 6 extension. The extension called for the depot to be expanded underground to almost double its land area and stabling capacity from 70 to 133 trains. The integrated depot will also house 550 buses on the plot of land above the underground train depot. The Contract 821A for the construction of Kim Chuan Depot extension and its associated facilities was awarded to Woh Hup (Private) Limited at a sum of S$1.21 billion in September 2017. Construction began in 2018, with completion in 2025. The extension will be located along the northern perimeter of the Bartley Road East viaduct, north of the existing depot which is along the southern perimeter of the Bartley Road East viaduct. References External links LTA page on Kim Chuan Depot More Information on Kim Chuan Depot (Archived in The Internet Archive) News article about Kim Chuan Depot from Channel News Asia PDF Document – LTA Technical Visit to Circle Line Underground Depot/Control Centre (Kim Chuan Depot) Government C830 Project Office – Kim Chuan Depot Government CIRCLE LINE CONTRACT C821/C822 DIVISION (Kim Chuan Depot) Government Speech/Press Release from Kim Chuan Depot 2009 establishments in Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) depots