today i take the train....

• sinicker

  25 Feb 06, 23:53

  i took the train from Tampines.. i wanna go Orchard... i was running late ah. so i thot 30mins shud be enough.
  
  frm Tampines to Simei, normal. den at Simei, the doors stayed open for about 5mins. den got announcement,
  
  "there is some technical problems at Tanah Merah Int. this train service will be delayed."
  
  so i thot okay. the doors stayed open. people got restless and went out of the train. some gave up take taxi i guess. after a few more of such announcements, the train doors closing announcement came and everyone rushed in.
  
  den the train travelled at walking pace all the way to tanah merah!!! aft the viaduct, the train emergency brake! den got some people start cursing liao. den it stayed there for abt 2mins. den move off again at walking pace to tanah merah int.
  
  there, train doors opened for 5mins again! den close. train moved abt 10cm and emergency brake again! wah again people murmured stuff. stall for 2mins den move off as normal. after that, really kamikaze to boon lay.
  
  so that was it. my 1hr 20mins train ride frm Tampines to Orchard.
  anyone else affected by this just now?
• FBI

  25 Feb 06, 23:56

  lucky i don live at east siude
• Quinsy

  25 Feb 06, 23:56

  Nope. Not affected. Heng ah~
• EXCO

  26 Feb 06, 00:15

  Its not the first time for the TNM sector to be disrupted... I guess the complexities of the crossovers there cause frequent problems?
• sinicker

  26 Feb 06, 01:53

  Originally posted by EXCO:

  Its not the first time for the TNM sector to be disrupted... I guess the complexities of the crossovers there cause frequent problems?

  i once took a train to town frm tampines. rolling out of simei stn, it sped up and slowed down at ITE College East there. i looked ahead and saw a train going on the opposite direction on the tracks my train was heading. the train gg back to depot.
  
  it's very complicated ah the crossovers.
  
  sometimes, they wait for the train frm changi airport to come. den the west-bound train will be alongside the train frm changi airport. reach tanah merah together. den it makes as if transfers are so seamless.
  
  but just now was really bad ah. 1hr 20mins to reach orchard.
• sbst275

  26 Feb 06, 18:13

  Now they add say "Please mind the platform gap"
• SBS9889U

  26 Feb 06, 18:24

  I got encounter train stop there for like 1 minute before but not that often.
• sbst275

  26 Feb 06, 18:26

  Today took the train to AA via Pasir Ris
  
  The train slowed down when entering TNM Int
• sinicker

  26 Feb 06, 19:58

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  The train slowed down when entering TNM Int

  it slows down for every train. eastbound towards TNM is like that one.
• sinicker

  26 Feb 06, 19:59

  no one can beat me lah ah... 30mins frm simei to tanah merah.
• hiphop2009

  26 Feb 06, 20:48

  wah u steady ar...so long.....
  
  i got once stuck at orchard for 30 min, coz train door cannot close everybody had to alight from the train......plus somemore dat day is saturday afternoon....u can imagine the train i originally in was already so packed den everybody move out.........wah when the next train finally arrive den wah siao cannot even board the train larh.....coz the train dat arrived already too packed to carry pple.........
• SBS9889U

  27 Feb 06, 18:26

  Just a question: If a train breakdown or service disruption, does the affected commuters get a breakdown ticket, whole trip refund or no refund and ask them take train shuttle?
• charlize

  27 Feb 06, 18:30

  I notice these disruptions and delays are getting very common.
  
  Don't you think so?
  
  
• sinicker

  27 Feb 06, 20:52

  Originally posted by charlize:

  I notice these disruptions and delays are getting very common.
  
  Don't you think so?
  
  

  i dont know. my first time...
• sinicker

  27 Feb 06, 20:54

  Originally posted by SBS9889U:

  Just a question: If a train breakdown or service disruption, does the affected commuters get a breakdown ticket, whole trip refund or no refund and ask them take train shuttle?

  whole trip refund within a month. they'll have proof what time you passed the fare gates and roughly which train you took. but my screwed-up train ride no refund ah?
• finoq

  27 Feb 06, 21:23

  Originally posted by FBI:

  lucky i don live at east siude

  
• kenneth88

  28 Feb 06, 03:34

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  whole trip refund within a month. they'll have proof what time you passed the fare gates and roughly which train you took. but my screwed-up train ride no refund ah?

  what about the xtra charge for exceeding the time limit on mrt travel due to the incident? do u guys have to proceed to the passenger service centre at your destination station to have it waived?
• sinicker

  28 Feb 06, 05:16

  Originally posted by kenneth88:

  what about the xtra charge for exceeding the time limit on mrt travel due to the incident? do u guys have to proceed to the passenger service centre at your destination station to have it waived?

  nope. no xtra charge. i went out as usual. altho...
  
  Travel within the time allow for your trip:
  
  * Entry and exit at the same station 20 minutes
  * Exit 1 to 4 stations away 40 minutes
  * Exit 5 to 9 stations away 60 minutes
  * Exit 10 to 15 stations away 75 minutes
  * Exit 16 to 24 stations away 100 minutes
  * Exit over 24 stations 120 minutes
  
  orchard is 14stns away, i still got to go out as usual.
• HENG@

  28 Feb 06, 05:28

  Originally posted by Quinsy:

  Nope. Not affected. Heng ah~

  yesh who call my name?