Singapore
SMRT Corporation will move its headquarters from North Bridge Road to Paya Lebar Quarter (PLQ) next year, under a strategy to centralise corporate departments now located across the island, The Business Times understands.
This move will happen at around the same time as the transport group sets up two Train Hubs. One hub will focus on train operations and be based at the Kim Chuan Depot; the other will focus on maintenance and engineering (M&E) and be based at the Bishan Depot.
Centralising SMRT's corporate departments in the Paya Lebar suburb will thus enable tighter integration with these two hubs.
The Kim Chuan Depot, which sits between the Bartley and Tai Seng MRT stations on the Circle...