2 young lives lost

[sexylanjiao]

Originally Posted by newton

Not a good start in 2018 for Ah Khaw and Ah Quek.
Hopefully Year of the Dog would be better for them if not the Sinkie commuters will feed them to the dogs.

Upped you with my humble points

[HayDay]

Originally Posted by KelongPresident

Don't know why it always happen during peak hour .

Humble 6 points returned

[skyleon]

SMRT to deploy more staff to help commuters with second month of MRT closures

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Published 3 hours ago



Adrian Lim

Transport Correspondent



SINGAPORE - SMRT will double the number of ground staff deployed for the second month of shorter MRT operating hours on weekends, which will kick off on Friday night (Jan 5).

From about 300 staff previously, it will have up to 600 boots on the ground, including traffic controllers, crowd marshals and station personnel to guide commuters to alternative travel options, such as shuttle buses.

For the month of January, 10 MRT stations on the East-West Line (EWL) – from Paya Lebar to Pasir Ris, along with Changi Airport and Expo MRT stations – will have shorter operating hours on weekends, including full-day closures on two Sundays, on Jan 21 and 28.

These 10 stations will close earlier at 11am on Fridays and Saturdays, and open later at 8am on Saturdays and Sundays. Train operation hours are usually from 5.30am until midnight.

This is the second round of planned closures, to facilitate rail maintenance works, and to accelerate the EWL’s upgrade to a new signalling system by the middle of this year, instead of the year end.


continue reading here : http://www.straitstimes.com/singapor...f-mrt-closures


Paying mrt fares for bus shuttle ride .

[BellaHadid]

SMRT should operate like civil servants - Mon to Fri 8am to 5pm, rest on Sat and Sun

[sionglim]

shuttle bus charge fare like any other buses
swipe card

[sharklaserscom]

Originally Posted by skyleon

Paying mrt fares for bus shuttle ride .

lol

[sionglim]

Originally Posted by BellaHadid

SMRT should operate like civil servants - Mon to Fri 8am to 5pm, rest on Sat and Sun

essential svc ,stop at 5pm''??
No mrt?
Shld like spa, 24hr

[skyleon]

Early closure of Changi Airport MRT station goes off largely without a hitch


By Aqil Haziq Mahmud @AqilHaziqCNA

06 Jan 2018 08:30AM (Updated: 06 Jan 2018 08:40AM)


SINGAPORE: At around 11.10pm on Friday (Jan 5), it all began with the familiar announcement chime.

Then, a message: “Attention please. There is no more train service. We are closing the station. Good night.”

With that, the second round of MRT closures – this time on the eastern sector of the East-West Line – kicked off.

Commuters strolling towards the station stopped and looked around. But there were no loud groans, only quick sighs. Nobody seemed irritated that the trains were shutting shop earlier than usual.

Their composure mirrored that of the 10 or so SMRT staff deployed at the Terminal 3 entrance to the station. These men and women, some donning luminous lime green vests, seemed prepared for a thousand queries.

After all, about an hour earlier, dozens of them were briefed about their duties by a man who spoke in a booming voice. He had made clear the timings and pick-up location of the supporting shuttle services.

Commuters caught up by the closure started murmuring at large signs, placed smack in the middle of the space, directing them up an escalator to the departure hall for the shuttles.

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...losure-9837820


Really what surprises me how come the commuters are caught unprepared despite all the official announcements ?

[sionglim]

After work tired, nvr read our garmen news website, sleep.
Commuter not aware or any stoppage

[sharklaserscom]

There will always be uninformed busy or deliberately ignorant people around

[skyleon]

SMRT train abruptly reverse on North-South Line

January 7, 2018



A life-endangering train breakdown incident on North-South Line (NSL) went unreported last Tuesday (Jan 2) with commuters reporting that the train abruptly reversed. According to a news article reported by Chinese papers Shin Ming Ri Bao yesterday (Jan 7), a commuter said that the train was travelling from Ang Mo Kio station to Bishan when the train made several irregular stoppages.

Commuter Mr Wu told the Chinese papers that the train heading towards the city was stopping at Ang Mo Kio station, travelled for about 100m before applying the brakes to a complete stop in the middle of the track. About 3 mins later, the train reversed and travelled back to the station at a relatively high speed. After stopping at Ang Mo Kio station for about a minute, the train made the reversal further back towards Choa Chu Kang’s direction.

As there was no announcement by SMRT, many commuters were shocked by the abrupt reversal believing that the train may collide with the incoming one. The train then stopped after travelling about 200m and returned to Ang Mo Kio station before proceeding to it’s regular schedule.

The Chinese state media papers apparently delayed the reporting by a week despite having received the news first hand on the day.


continue reading here : http://statestimesreview.com/2018/01...th-south-line/


Why wasn't this incident reported immediately by the official press ? What are you guys trying to hide ? So how to trust SMRT ; LTA ; PAP government and official press ? So how Mr Khaw and Mr Kuek ? Luckily I am still boycotting SMRT trains .

[skyleon]

Now thunderstorm and lightning . Will the mrt tunnel get flooded ? Is the mrt cabin water proof and lightning proof ? Will there be a disruption of mrt service today during peak hours ?

[skyleon]

Damage caused by Bishan MRT tunnel flooding cost S$2 million: Khaw Boon Wan


By Fann Sim

09 Jan 2018 06:34PM (Updated: 09 Jan 2018 07:23PM)


SINGAPORE: The cost of damage caused by the tunnel flooding between Bishan and Braddell MRT stations last October came up to about S$2 million.

The flood, which occurred on Oct 7 last year after heavy rain, had submerged trackside equipment as well as components installed on the undercarriage of the train that had stalled in the tunnel, said Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan in a written parliamentary reply to Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Leon Perera.

Mr Khaw, who is also Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure, added that the cost was borne by SMRT.

The flood waters, which were up to 1-metre deep and covered 100 metres of tracks in both directions disrupted train services for more than 20 hours for a large section of the North-South Line (NSL).

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...illion-9845734

[skyleon]

Minister Khaw Boon Wan lie: Losses from flooded tunnel borne by SMRT


January 9, 2018



In a written response circulated in Parliament yesterday (Jan 9), Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan lied that S$2 million paid on repairs and replacements to rail equipment after the flooding incident on 7 Oct 2017 was paid for SMRT:

“The cost of repairs and replacements amounted to about $2 million. This was borne by SMRT.”

However, the Minister omitted the fact that SMRT is a state-owned corporation and that losses or profits directly impact returns for Temasek Holdings.

The lying by Minister Khaw Boon Wan is also consistent with another lie told by Senior Minister of State for Finance and Law Indranee Rajah on Monday (Jan 8). Minister Indranee Rajah claimed that the US$422 million fine that Keppel paid is borne by Keppel, when again the returns on investment of the state-owned company is clearly affected.

During the flooding incident, train services running along the North-South Line were down for more than 2 days and affected more than 1 million commuters. Flood waters in the train tunnels were 1m deep and about 200m in total distance. According to investigations, SMRT did not do any maintenance resulting in the water pump system breaking down. SMRT was also found to have forged maintenance records. Only employees were taken to task for the incident while the CEO of SMRT, former army general Desmond Kuek, remains unharmed.


continue reading here : http://statestimesreview.com/2018/01...borne-by-smrt/

[skyleon]

Joo Koon collision: Train captain, operations ‘did not know’ protective bubble could be deactivated


10 Jan 2018 02:09PM (Updated: 10 Jan 2018 04:21PM)


SINGAPORE: The train captains and operations control centre staff involved in the Joo Koon collision were unaware that that a train’s protective bubble can be deactivated, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said in Parliament on Wednesday (Jan 10).

Authorities had said an abnormal condition on signalling equipment had disabled a feature designed to apply a protective bubble around the affected train.

“The operations control centre staff and the train captains did not know that the protective bubble could be deactivated,” Mr Khaw said.

“Had they been aware of this, the train captain on the second train could have switched from automatic to restricted manual mode to drive the train manually or, as a last resort, engaged the emergency stop button to keep the train from moving.”

Mr Khaw was responding to a question from Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Dennis Tan, who had asked whether personnel could have taken other measures to ensure the second train remained stationary.

The minister reiterated that the train captain was trained by signalling system supplier Thales, which shared the “assumption” that the protective bubble could not be deactivated.

“In hindsight, one can blame the captain, but I don’t,” Mr Khaw stressed. “Because he was mentally not prepared and never trained to react for that kind of scenario.”

If the train captain had switched to manual mode, Mr Khaw added, he would have had the “reaction time” to stop the train.

Mr Khaw compared the incident to a traffic accident his friend had got into. His friend, despite slowing down and checking when approaching a pedestrian crossing, collided with an e-scooter, he said. The e-scooter rider later died.

“As a layman, when you just don’t have reaction time, are you responsible, to what extent are you responsible?” Mr Khaw asked. “At that moment, are you able to respond in time?”

He noted that while 36m – the distance between the first and the second train in the Joo Koon incident – was “not short”, he pointed out that the second train was travelling at 18kmh.

“First, you have to switch from automatic to manual mode, then from manual mode you could have access to the emergency buttons,” Mr Khaw said, referring to what the driver could have done in that situation.

“Based on the logs and review by the experts, they felt that the train operator just could not react in time.”

When Mr Tan asked if the driver could have applied the emergency brakes in automatic mode without the need to switch to manual, Mr Khaw replied that he was not "perfectly sure".

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...t-know-9848436


Really Mr Khaw ? So have you guys don't enough safety checks om your Thale signalling software or not ? Imagine if the trains had travelled at 10osec per interval during peak hour the collision would have been much worse . So you still want to vote for PAP ?