Since 2006, barrier-free facilities to assist the elderly and persons with disabilities have been made available within all MRT stations. All of our existing MRT stations now have at least one barrier-free route with a lift, tactile guidance system and wheelchair-accessible toilets.
With the installation of ramps and additional lifts at 16 MRT stations completed in 2011, more than 85% of existing MRT stations, including the new Circle Line stations, have at least two barrier-free access routes.
LTA is in the process of implementing other initiatives to make our infrastructure more user-friendly. Lifts have been installed at six pedestrian overhead bridges next to MRT stations to improve barrier-free accessibility to major transport nodes, with another 41 lifts to come.