Reduced seats in C651s

• jcqh

  22 Dec 08, 19:50

  I have seen a few C651s in which its blue cabin has seats in each row reduced from 9 to 6. Post every new train spotted with reduced seats.

  To date, i have seen:

  201/202

  217/218

  and some others which i have forgotten

• ^tamago^

  22 Dec 08, 19:52

  I thought it's been around for quite a while le?

• QX179R

  22 Dec 08, 19:53

  what's with this reduced seating on the C651s..

• jcqh

  22 Dec 08, 20:03

  i will try to post a pic of it soon.

  yes, it has been around for quite some time, but more and more C651s are now having seats reduced.

• Stage

  22 Dec 08, 20:05

  Originally posted by jcqh:

  i will try to post a pic of it soon.

  yes, it has been around for quite some time, but more and more C651s are now having seats reduced.

  
  Or is it because you take these two cars more often... I take the green cars most of them time and don't really notice...

• QX179R

  22 Dec 08, 20:07

  is the move to encourage more standees or wat..

• Stage

  22 Dec 08, 20:26

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  is the move to encourage more standees or wat..

  
  "Moving people, enhancing lives."

• QX179R

  22 Dec 08, 20:27

  i mean seriously leh..

  wanna know wat the actual purpose is for..

• jcqh

  22 Dec 08, 21:07

  201/202 with reduced seats

  

  

• QX179R

  22 Dec 08, 21:08

  so its actually to allow some standing space juz like all the other trains..

• sinicker

  22 Dec 08, 21:19

  hmm.. i've seen that seat structure for a long time already.....

• jcqh

  22 Dec 08, 21:33

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  hmm.. i've seen that seat structure for a long time already.....

  
  since when

• charlize

  22 Dec 08, 21:35

  Why bother havng seats in MRT carriages?

   

  Is it so hard to stand for more than 1 hour from Boon Lay to Pasir Ris?

• QX179R

  22 Dec 08, 21:36

  you ought to ask sinicker that question..

• sinicker

  22 Dec 08, 21:36

  Originally posted by jcqh:

  
  since when

  while i was still serving the nation....

• sinicker

  22 Dec 08, 21:38

  Originally posted by charlize:

   

   

  Is it so hard to stand for more than 1 hour from Boon Lay to Pasir Ris?

  yes it's hard. really. do it for 6 years.

• Stage

  22 Dec 08, 21:38

  

• sinicker

  22 Dec 08, 21:41

  actually charlize should ask those aunties who rush into the train at boon lay to get a seat..........
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ... & then alight at jurong east.

• jcqh

  22 Dec 08, 21:46

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  while i was still serving the nation....

  
  which is when?

• sinicker

  22 Dec 08, 21:53

  Originally posted by jcqh:

  
  which is when?

  before april this year.

• charlize

  22 Dec 08, 22:01

  Damn.

   

  Nobody noticed the sarcasm in my post.

• sbs8104h

  22 Dec 08, 22:02

  i remember seeing it long time ago

• sinicker

  22 Dec 08, 22:04

  Originally posted by charlize:

  Damn.

   

  Nobody noticed the sarcasm in my post.

  BTW, PSR to BNL is 58mins. not "more than an hour".

• QX179R

  22 Dec 08, 22:06

  but might be more due to unforseen circumstances..

• Stage

  22 Dec 08, 22:06

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  BTW, PSR to BNL is 58mins. not "more than an hour".

  
  Never mind. City Hall and Raffles Place overpacked. No one wanna give way while entering/alighting from the train. So take very long. Then have to stop a while to prevent train bunching so it will be at least 1 hour and 01 seconds.