CKP 3rd Gear November 13, 2011 Share November 13, 2011 (edited) Passenger capacity to increase up to 50% Yahoo! Newsroom – 1 hour 21 minutes ago.... As more trains are added to several lines over the next five years, the capacity across these lines is expected to increase by between 25 to 50 per cent to ease congestion. The ramped up supply is expected to ease congestion during peak hours, especially when the number of passengers have increased from the same period last year. The North-South, East-West and Circle lines, for instance, saw an average 1.79 million passenger a day in September, a rise from 1.66 million last year. On the North-East Line, daily ridership went up by 9.6 per cent to 434,000 in September as compared to the same period last year, reported The Sunday Times. To boost capacity along the North-South and East-West lines by about 25 per cent, public transport operator SMRT will receive a total of 35 new trains. Nine will be delivered by next month and the remainder will be delivered around 2014 to 2015. SMRT rail strategic planning director Lui Weng Chee was quoted as saying that a six-carriage train can transport up to 1,400 commuters during peak hours. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is also buying new trains for the Circle Line and North-East line, with the former receiving 16 new trains by 2015 and the latter seeing 12 more trains in about four to five years' time. The additional trains will result in Circle Line's capacity rising by about 40 per cent, while the North-East line's capacity will increase by about 50 per cent. North-East line is operated by SBS Transit and now has 25 trains. The Bukit Panjang LRT system will also get 13 more train-cars in 2014 and is expected to increase its capacity by 50 per cent. Another measure to ease congestion especially in the North-South and East-West lines is the introduction of a new signalling system over the next seven years. This system, used in cities such as Paris and Taipei, is able to transmit information on a train's exact location and speed to a centralised computer. This allows the distance between trains to be varied depending on speed, and allows the gap between trains to be reduced to 100 seconds during peak hours. It is already used in the Circle and North-East lines, while the North-South and East-West lines are still using an older signalling system from 1987. The less precise method of this system resulted in gaps of at least 120 seconds between trains as the trains are kept further apart for safety reasons. LTA told the paper that work is expected to begin next year, and the new system is scheduled for completion by 2016 for the North-South Line and 2018 for the East-West Line. LTA and SMRT are now evaluating tender proposals from different companies. As most of the work can only take place during “non-revenue” hours, which is a maximum 3 to 4 hours a night, the project will take that long to be finished. But once completed, it is expected to increase train capacity by 20 per cent, according to LTA. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/passenger-capacit...-up-to-50-.html Timing damm zhun... just nice for short term memory voters to "feel relief" for GE2016 wor Edited November 13, 2011 by CKP ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atonchia Supersonic November 13, 2011 Share November 13, 2011 I can see the price of COE maintaining till then... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackyv Turbocharged November 13, 2011 Share November 13, 2011 And passenger still have to pack like sardine until 2014.... great plan... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKP 3rd Gear November 13, 2011 Author Share November 13, 2011 I can see the price of COE maintaining till then... "I can see the rate of increase of COE maintaining till then..." EDITED Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKP 3rd Gear November 13, 2011 Author Share November 13, 2011 And passenger still have to pack like sardine until 2014.... great plan... The Bukit Panjang LRT system will also get 13 more train-cars in 2014 and is expected to increase its capacity by 50 per cent. In 2014, improvement in LRT only affect much less people hor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKP 3rd Gear November 13, 2011 Author Share November 13, 2011 (edited) And passenger still have to pack like sardine until 2014.... great plan... To have a not so good plan is better than no planning. Edited November 13, 2011 by CKP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARTer 2nd Gear November 13, 2011 Share November 13, 2011 Timing damm zhun... just nice for short term memory voters to "feel relief" for GE2016 wor The problems of congestions and sub-standard train service etc could have been avoided if proper foresights+co-ordination between Imigration/MOM/LTA/MND/EDB etc etc were in place over the past 20 years or so, which should be a given for any govt / ruling party who claim to be efficient and serving the people, let alone those who pay themselves world's highest ministers' pays!!! Enough is enough:- Head should roll, periods. We need new brains to solve the problem QUICK and before its too late, no more political games. Otherwise, the same brains will produce the same results, 2015 will become 2020 (except for some superficial and half-baked stop-gaps "improvements'........... Chairman of Public Transport Commision, Chief of LTA, Ministers involve: baleh kumpong!! What rubbish to ask pple to take public transport and give up driving when the public transport system is just a pile of shiiit, and 2015 will be no different with the same brains trying to solve the problems they themselves have created. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKP 3rd Gear November 13, 2011 Author Share November 13, 2011 (edited) The problems of congestions and sub-standard train service etc could have been avoided if proper foresights+co-ordination between Imigration/MOM/LTA/MND/EDB etc etc were in place over the past 20 years or so, which should be a given for any govt / ruling party who claim to be efficient and serving the people, let alone those who pay themselves world's highest ministers' pays!!! Enough is enough:- Head should roll, periods. We need new brains to solve the problem QUICK and before its too late, no more political games. Otherwise, the same brains will produce the same results, 2015 will become 2020 (except for some superficial and half-baked stop-gaps "improvements'........... Chairman of Public Transport Commision, Chief of LTA, Ministers involve: baleh kumpong!! What rubbish to ask pple to take public transport and give up driving when the public transport system is just a pile of shiiit, and 2015 will be no different with the same brains trying to solve the problems they themselves have created. Bro KARTER, "In 2001, Public transport to see relief in 2006" "In 2006, Public transport to see relief in 2011" "In 2011, Public transport to see relief in 2016" What's next? "In 2016, Public transport to see relief in 2021"? Meanwhile, they will ask SMRT CEO to put out statements to "test water with public" with and play muscial chairs every5 years with Raymond Lim, then Lui Tuck Yew, then....? Who pay the cost? Edited November 13, 2011 by CKP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expertz 1st Gear November 13, 2011 Share November 13, 2011 by then we might have a 10 million population, improvement to handle 6 million will do nothing overall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARTer 2nd Gear November 13, 2011 Share November 13, 2011 Much like, as our govt critise other countries who fail to cut down / remove corruptions, they themselves cant sovle the same transport problems year in year out..... this is not rocket science: manage / control influx of FT/FW, and to have proper coordination to make transport system and the influx 'competible'. Bro KARTER, "In 2001, Public transport to see relief in 2006" "In 2006, Public transport to see relief in 2011" "In 2011, Public transport to see relief in 2016" What's next? "In 2016, Public transport to see relief in 2021"? Meanwhile, they will ask SMRT CEO to put out statements to "test water with public" with and play muscial chairs every5 years with Raymond Lim, then Lui Tuck Yew, then....? Who pay the cost? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKP 3rd Gear November 13, 2011 Author Share November 13, 2011 by then we might have a 10 million population, improvement to handle 6 million will do nothing overall Err, 1 years increase by 100K. Should be 5.7M in 2016 from 5.2M in 2011. 10M will sink this island for sure! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKP 3rd Gear November 13, 2011 Author Share November 13, 2011 Much like, as our govt critise other countries who fail to cut down / remove corruptions, they themselves cant sovle the same transport problems year in year out..... this is not rocket science: manage / control influx of FT/FW, and to have proper coordination to make transport system and the influx 'competible'. +1 LIKE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear November 13, 2011 Share November 13, 2011 Folks, PLEASE!!! "People can board the trains Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird5011 3rd Gear November 13, 2011 Share November 13, 2011 Damn...that's mean I have to keep the car and continue to drive until 2014????? Likes that how to give up owning car an support public transport??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achtung7 Neutral Newbie November 13, 2011 Share November 13, 2011 The urgency to improve the system shows that this is certainly not a priority... signalling systems from 1987 and they dare to call themselves First World Public Transport?? They should have channeled a significant portion of the research funding of the ERP system to improving the signalling system of the MRT. It goes to show that the decision was based mainly on revenue generation... sometimes I wonder what public service has become in SG... or is there really public service in SG now... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecontle 1st Gear November 13, 2011 Share November 13, 2011 byvthen if u no vote x u dont get sbs mrt up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKP 3rd Gear November 13, 2011 Author Share November 13, 2011 The urgency to improve the system shows that this is certainly not a priority... signalling systems from 1987 and they dare to call themselves First World Public Transport?? They should have channeled a significant portion of the research funding of the ERP system to improving the signalling system of the MRT. It goes to show that the decision was based mainly on revenue generation... sometimes I wonder what public service has become in SG... or is there really public service in SG now... Comfort Delgro, Saw Phaik Hwa, SMRT. SMRT: CEO stupdity discount? In Infrastructure on 08/11/2011 at 6:00 am Wonder if analysts will be building into their models, the assumption that SMRT chief executive Saw Phaik Hwa will continue making stupid remarks that upset commuters, thereby making it harder for SMRT (and Delgro) to get their desired fare rises? Will they also make the assumption that such gaffes reflect her inability to manage a public transport company? In a recent ST report, the SMRT CEO commented that the MRT system is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jchuacl Clutched November 13, 2011 Share November 13, 2011 It's not that they can't solve problems, it's because they are yes man and would not speak up in order to keep their jobs and salary. Unfortunately, the recent election shows that there's no guarantee anymore for them. Much like, as our govt critise other countries who fail to cut down / remove corruptions, they themselves cant sovle the same transport problems year in year out..... this is not rocket science: manage / control influx of FT/FW, and to have proper coordination to make transport system and the influx 'competible'. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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