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Altivo

Altivo

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Hmmmmm............... someone has to answer for it. -_-

 

He/she can use 7th month as an excuse ... [sly]

 

Classic case of 鬼遮眼! [laugh]

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Maxus-MIFA9

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A front-to-back collision between two trains at the Clementi Station on 5 August 1993 was the first major accident on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system since it started operation in 1987. This first MRT accident resulted in 156 injured commuters.

 

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At 7:50 am on 5 August 1993, an East-bound train from Jurong stopped at the Clementi Station for two minutes longer than scheduled due to a technical fault. It was then hit by another train. Operations at the three affected stations, namely, Clementi, Buona Vista and Commonwealth resumed within a day after intensive checks were carried out by Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRTC) engineers to ensure that the tracks, signals, power and other installations were functioning properly.

 

The train, comprising six carriages, had a full capacity of 1,800 passengers. The peak-hour collision injured 156 commuters. Several passengers were flung against panels and steel railings of the train or piled on top of one another, suffering multiple injuries.

 

Cause

Immediately after the accident, an independent inquiry panel was set up by MRTC to investigate the cause of the accident and to review the operating procedures and safety measures of the MRT system. The inquiry panel was chaired by Chua Koon Hoe, who was then Deputy Director-General of the Public Works Department. Besides Chua, the inquiry panel comprised of two members, Chang Meng Teng, then Deputy Chairman of the Public Transport Council, and Dr Natarajan Varaprasad, then Principal of Temasek Polytechnic, and a secretary, Low Tien Sio, then MRTC's General Manager. The inquiry panel issued a report on its findings on 19 October 1993. The report revealed that the accident was caused by a 50-litre oil spill from a maintenance locomotive which was carrying out maintenance work at about 5 am on the day of the accident. According to the findings, a broken rubber ring caused oil from the locomotive to drip on part of the tracks stretching from Buona Vista to the Ulu Pandan depot. Although a cleaning crew was alerted of the oil spill, cleaning was delayed because the station masters were changing shifts and there was also some confusion over who was in charge of the cleaning. The inquiry panel pointed out that the accident could have been prevented had the staff understood the gravity of the situation and dealt with the oil spill "sufficiently aggressively or promptly".

 

Following the findings of the inquiry panel, train operator Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Ltd (SMRT) revised its operating procedures to require station masters to inspect the platform tracks for oil, and in the circumstance of an oil spill, the train at the station preceding the oil spill must remain at the station until the train ahead has left the station.

 

 

This is not so bad, front to back of another train.

 

Imagine head-on collision with both train speeding towards each other ..... :ph34r:

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Mustank

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like this? :huh:

 

 

A front-to-back collision between two trains at the Clementi Station on 5 August 1993 was the first major accident on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system since it started operation in 1987. This first MRT accident resulted in 156 injured commuters.

 

Description

At 7:50 am on 5 August 1993, an East-bound train from Jurong stopped at the Clementi Station for two minutes longer than scheduled due to a technical fault. It was then hit by another train. Operations at the three affected stations, namely, Clementi, Buona Vista and Commonwealth resumed within a day after intensive checks were carried out by Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRTC) engineers to ensure that the tracks, signals, power and other installations were functioning properly.

 

The train, comprising six carriages, had a full capacity of 1,800 passengers. The peak-hour collision injured 156 commuters. Several passengers were flung against panels and steel railings of the train or piled on top of one another, suffering multiple injuries.

 

Cause

Immediately after the accident, an independent inquiry panel was set up by MRTC to investigate the cause of the accident and to review the operating procedures and safety measures of the MRT system. The inquiry panel was chaired by Chua Koon Hoe, who was then Deputy Director-General of the Public Works Department. Besides Chua, the inquiry panel comprised of two members, Chang Meng Teng, then Deputy Chairman of the Public Transport Council, and Dr Natarajan Varaprasad, then Principal of Temasek Polytechnic, and a secretary, Low Tien Sio, then MRTC's General Manager. The inquiry panel issued a report on its findings on 19 October 1993. The report revealed that the accident was caused by a 50-litre oil spill from a maintenance locomotive which was carrying out maintenance work at about 5 am on the day of the accident. According to the findings, a broken rubber ring caused oil from the locomotive to drip on part of the tracks stretching from Buona Vista to the Ulu Pandan depot. Although a cleaning crew was alerted of the oil spill, cleaning was delayed because the station masters were changing shifts and there was also some confusion over who was in charge of the cleaning. The inquiry panel pointed out that the accident could have been prevented had the staff understood the gravity of the situation and dealt with the oil spill "sufficiently aggressively or promptly".

 

Following the findings of the inquiry panel, train operator Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Ltd (SMRT) revised its operating procedures to require station masters to inspect the platform tracks for oil, and in the circumstance of an oil spill, the train at the station preceding the oil spill must remain at the station until the train ahead has left the station.

 

 

This is not so bad, front to back of another train.

 

Imagine head-on collision with both train speeding towards each other ..... :ph34r:

 

heng not like angmo train

damm hiong man!!! :ph34r:

 

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Maxus-MIFA9

Maxus-MIFA9

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Anyway, it could happen in Singapore, too many curves due to avoid buildings especially those running on undergrounds ... -_-

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Jman888

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Since when the same train will travel between EW and NS? [:/]

 

 

possible at the Jurong East station, one track go EW, the other go NS, control centre screw up! [sweatdrop]

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Mustank

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Anyway, it could happen in Singapore, too many curves due to avoid buildings especially thos erunning opn undergrounds ... -_-

 

like this? :ph34r:

 

 

 

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Maxus-MIFA9

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Well, everything will have it 'first time'...

 

First Time train break down causing 3 hrs blackout until someone had to break the window to let in fresh air cos SOP says, sit & wait for instructions.

 

First time fire in tunnel and same thing, sit and wait cos have to wait for staff to investigate. Just wondering, smoke so thick and need to investigate .. :blink: and one hero taking picture & video ... :ph34r:

 

Now, first time train on wrong track ... [sweatdrop]

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Myxilplix

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Yeah like what one bro said, first thing that came to my mind that there is not much diff between "going on wrong track" and "going head-on into another train".

 

This is some serious chit yo.

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Alheych

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Our assumption would be the train switched tracks at Jurong East on to the NS line.

 

However, based on the report, it seems like the switch was done after Raffles Place.

 

The man had wanted to go to Aljunied and he said he was expecting the next station to be City Hall. However, the annoucement was made for Dhoby Ghaut. And he said other passengers were confused as well.

 

地铁列车今早

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Caravan

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curious... but like that also can front page?

 

Well if it's a driver mistake or system error, it can lead to collision. Then it's not a small matter. I'm just wondering how much more c0ckup SMRT can come up with.

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