The BIG Breakdown or Meltdown

[Edureach]

If these incidents happened during the exam period last month, students that needed to travel long distance would be late and probably mentally devastated.


So is still best to choose a suitable sch nearby than travel the distance nevermind is non IP?

[Oppsgal]

Edureach:

If these incidents happened during the exam period last month, students that needed to travel long distance would be late and probably mentally devastated.


So is still best to choose a suitable sch nearby than travel the distance nevermind is non IP?

Might as well workplace also next to where you live.

Wonder who to pay for fine from childcare if pick up kid late due to such things :?

[Oppsgal]

daisyt:

I would feel, MRT rides is no difference from roller coaster rides. Our lives are in the hand of the maintenance team. For roller coasters, we can still choose to trust the maintenance team, put our life at risk, to ride for the pleasure ... For MRT rides, it is the daily commuting of the normal people. Taking cab is not a long term solution, not all buses service serve the destinations you want and not all Singaporeans can afford cars. School is opening soon, many kids take MRT to schools ...


I have many questions about the existing maintenance program, the contingent plan, evacuation plan ...

BTW, if we are stuck in the tunnel, we can still escape from the front driver door and walk at the side of the tunnel to the tunnel exit. What happen if we are stuck in the above ground track, how to escape? I don't think there is walking path for above ground tracks. Is it safe to walk on the track? Or wait for helicopters rescuers to come?

Don't think helicopters will pick up if above ground. Probably got to learn how to walk on track.

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/eat-drink-man-woman-16/19-dec-mrt-breakdown-again-3531218-2.html

Breakdown again :?

[shinri]

Not sure whether you guys can see this:

http://forums.asiaone.com/showthread.php?t=45496

It's said the claws were fastened using cable ties??

[Oppsgal]

After reading down the thread, is only a delay.


http://sg.news.yahoo.com/trains-on-n-s-line-slow--sometimes-stall.html

\"Trains have to drive slower for safety reasons (due to the rain).\"

[Chenonceau]

shinri:

Not sure whether you guys can see this:

http://forums.asiaone.com/showthread.php?t=45496

It's said the claws were fastened using cable ties??

Let's not jump to conclusions eh?

[Oppsgal]

Chenonceau:

shinri:

Not sure whether you guys can see this:

http://forums.asiaone.com/showthread.php?t=45496

It's said the claws were fastened using cable ties??

Let's not jump to conclusions eh?

http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20111219-316944/2.html

\"The claws have since been put back in place and secured with steel plates and plastic cable ties. \"

[snowman.022851697]

MRT running slower on rainy days is really a safety issue. imagine metal wheels on metal tracks. with normal amount of power applied, the wheels will slip, acceleration becomes unsmooth and announcement goes out of sync cos they are played according to wheel revolutions. and braking force has to be reduced too for the same reasons. trains enter the station at 40 km/h for your safety, not for the sake of entering at 40 km/h. it’s not like our metro system is the only one that operates at reduced speeds during rainy days anyway. this isn’t something to complain about cos it seriously is for your safety

[snowman.022851697]

i’m not saying it’s wrong to complain… i’m pissed about how they handled thurs’s disruption too. but seriously, asking the ceo to resign won’t solve any problems. it’s not like the faults will go away when she resigns. and 1 month compensation for 127000 pax is too much. that will simply translate to a lower standard of maintenance works.


seriously we should consider planned disruptions for maintenance. 3.5 hours a day is barely enough. but then we’ll have more complaints…

[3Boys]

snowman.697:

seriously we should consider planned disruptions for maintenance. 3.5 hours a day is barely enough. but then we'll have more complaints...

Perhaps they just have to take a leaf from London Underground and just shut lines for maintenance, and provide bridging bus services during those periods? Inconvenient, no doubt, but at least there is predictability to the closures and one side benefit is that commuters get used to managing with line closures, which in reality, are a feature of all metro systems worldwide. By trying to please commuters with 21+hours of operations 365 days a year, SMRT may have overreached itself.