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The current MRT disruption on the East-West Line is probably going to be the defining service disruption incident of 2024. Barring any further delays, we’re looking at just one day shy of a whole week of significant travel ...
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Yesterday, two trains collided at Joo Koon station. 29 people were hurt. Some preliminary findings have been quickly offered. I’m not sure if their explanations have been at all satisfactory. In fact, I find the ...
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I’m sure we don’t need a million-dollar salaried CEO to tell us that there are deep-seated cultural issues in the SMRT. It is blatantly obviously so. This is about as far that Mr Demond Kuek is willing to admit right ...
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Our MRT is plagued with all sorts of problems. With every disruption, it sounds as if the operators pick from a random pool of “reasons” to explain. Occasionally, new “reasons” are offered. Yesterday was ...
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About two years ago, I wrote about Mediocre Engineering, Failed Management, in reference to SMRT’ s breakdowns. I was wrong. While it’s clear their management has been a failure, it’s beginning to emerge that ...
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SMRT begun “signalling checks” of their brand new signally system this month, during weekdays, and including during peak hours. Not surprisingly, numerous disruptions occured, leaving commuters upset and wondering if ...
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SMRT announced that all trains traveling on the North-South Line will pause for 10 minutes around 11pm on Tuesday 28th March. This is when they will be switching over to commence trial on a new signalling system that allows ...
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With the completion of sleeper replacement works, speed limits on the East-West Line (EWL) will return to the normal 80 km/h, allowing for faster train rides. Don’t be too happy though. With faster train movements, we ...
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The mystery of the Circle Line signal interference that has caused significant disruption to train service on that line has been put to rest. Thanks data scientists from GovTech, they found the cause of the disruptions. The ...
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The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has concluded that the mysterious signalling faults on the Circle Line (CCL) were due to faulty signalling hardware on a rogue train. It did take a while to get sorted out. This reminds me of ...
