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at Eunos MRT Station .]]
, an interchange station between East-West Line and North-East Line ]]

The Mass Rapid Transit or '''MRT''' (, Retrieved 7 December 2005 MRT services operate from 5 Am and usually end before 1 am daily, with services being extended during Festive Periods .

In 2004, the daily patronage on the MRT and LRT networks was about 1.3 million, a figure which pales in comparison to the bus network's patronage of 2.8 million. "Singapore Land Transport: Statistics In Brief 2005" , Land Transport Authority , Retrieved 7 December 2005 This gap is narrowing as the rail network expands and bus services are withdrawn or reduced to avoid duplication of services. The rail lines have been constructed by the Land Transport Authority , a department of the Government Of Singapore , which allocates operating concessions to the profit-based corporations SMRT Corporation and SBS Transit . These operators also run bus and Taxi Services , thus ensuring that there is a full integration of Public Transport Services .


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