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{{Short description|MRT depot in Singapore}}
{{distinguish|Ulu Pandan Bus Depot}}
{{Infobox railway depot
| name = Ulu Pandan Train Depot<br>乌鲁班丹车厂<br>烏魯班丹車廠
| image = EWL Ulu Pandan Depot 20200918 143444.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| image_alt = 
| caption = Ulu Pandan Depot as viewed from the mainline tracks, September 2020
| location = 20 Toh Tuck Avenue, Singapore 597006
| coordinates = {{Coord|1|20|0.33|N|103|45|36.51|E|type:railwaystation_region:SG}}
| owner = [[Land Transport Authority]]
| operator = [[SMRT Trains|SMRT Trains Ltd]] ([[SMRT Corporation]])
| depotcode = UPD
| type = Electric
| opened = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1988|3|12}}
| closed = 
| original = 
| pregrouping = 
| postgrouping = 
| roads = Toh Tuck Avenue
| rollingstock = [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151]]<br />[[Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang C151A|Kawasaki–Sifang C151A]]<br />[[Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang C151B|Kawasaki–Sifang C151B]]<br />[[Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang C151C|Kawasaki–Sifang C151C]] <br />[[Alstom Movia R151]]
| routes = {{rint|sg|ns}} [[North–South MRT line|North–South Line]] <br /> {{rint|sg|ew}} [[East–West MRT line|East–West Line]]
}}

'''Ulu Pandan Depot''' ({{zh|s=乌鲁班丹车厂|t= 烏魯班丹車廠}}) is a [[train depot]] near [[Jurong East]], Singapore and it serves the trains on the [[North–South MRT line|North–South Line]] and [[East–West MRT line|East–West Line]].

It has a capacity of 45 trains and has an area of 130,000 square metres. Train inspections are carried out at this depot.

Commuters can have a glimpse of it while on a train between Clementi and Jurong East stations. It is located off Toh Tuck Avenue and sits along Toh Tuck Avenue. The depot is located between [[Clementi MRT station|Clementi]] station and [[Jurong East MRT station|Jurong East]] station on the East West line and has 3 reception tracks: 2 tracks Westbound towards Jurong East station and 1 track Eastbound towards Clementi station.

==History==
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Ulu Pandan Depot was first mentioned in Contract 204, which detailed the construction of [[Clementi station]] as well as elevated links to the depot.<ref>{{Cite news |title=MRTC pre-qualifies 37 companies |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19841003-1.2.10.10?qt=%22ulu%20pandan%22,%20mrt&q=%22ulu%20pandan%22%22mrt%22}}</ref> It was awarded to a joint venture between Lim Kah Ngam construction and the [[Aoki Corporation|Aoki corporation]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=LKN-Aoki venture clinches $48.7m MRT contract |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19850423-1.2.41?qt=%22contract%20204%22&q=%22contract%20204%22}}</ref> In August 1985, it was announced that Hiap Shing Construction had won the contract for Ulu Pandan Depot's [[Earthworks (engineering)|earthworks]] at {{SGDConvert|2.67|m|year=1985}},{{Efn|''[[The Straits Times]]'' said that the value was $2.68m}} beating eleven other contractors. Since the project did not require foreign expertise, it was therefore limited to local and foreign contracts registered under the Construction Development Industry Board as well as undertaken projects worth at least {{SGDConvert|5|m|year=1985}}. The contract expected Hiap Shing to build a drainage system and to clear the site for construction within 9 months.<ref>[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/biztimes19850813-1.2.10.17?ST=1&AT=filter&K=mrt+construction&KA=mrt+construction&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1985&SortBy=Oldest&P=14&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=mrt,construction&oref=article Hiap Shing won earthworks contract]</ref> In October of the same year, it was announced that the {{ill|JDC Corporation|ja|日本国土開発}} and Jurong Engineering won the {{SGDConvert|79.58|m|year=1985}} contract to build Ulu Pandan Depot and [[Jurong East station]] along with {{Convert|3.2|km|mi}} of viaducts from Ulu Pandan Depot to Jurong East station.<ref>{{Cite news |title=JDC, Jurong Engineering tie-up wins $79.5 m MRT job |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19851005-1.2.2?qt=%22ulu%20pandan%20depot%22&q=%22ulu%20pandan%20depot%22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date= |title=Joint effort wins first phase two contract |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19851005-1.2.24.11?qt=%22ulu%20pandan%20depot%22&q=%22ulu%20pandan%20depot%22}}</ref> The contract for Ulu Pandan Depot's [[fire protection]] and [[electrical services]] was awarded to a joint venture between the Resources Development Corporation and Sato Kogoyo Co Ltd for {{SGDConvert|92|m|year=1986}} in March 1986.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Time is the essence of these contracts |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19860312-1.2.11.1?qt=%22ulu%20pandan%20depot%22&q=%22ulu%20pandan%20depot%22}}</ref>

Plans have also been made for the expansion of Ulu Pandan Depot, with LTA commissioning an engineering study in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://landtransportguru.net/ulu-pandan-depot/|title=Ulu Pandan Depot {{!}} Land Transport Guru|date=2016-02-29|work=Land Transport Guru|access-date=2017-07-01|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.smrt.com.sg/behind-the-scenes-changi-depot-ulu-pandan-depot/|title=Behind the Scenes : Changi Depot & Ulu Pandan Depot – SMRT Blog|website=blog.smrt.com.sg|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-07-01}}</ref>

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{{Singapore MRT stations|north-south=yes|east-west=yes}}
{{Rail transport in Singapore}}

[[Category:1988 establishments in Singapore]]
[[Category:Clementi]]
[[Category:Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) depots]]

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