[Trains] Press Releases
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Originally posted by jcqh:
I agree...
But well, we gonna learn to be like Kevin... an avid train enthusiast even though he does not own any recording device. I guess it is still possible to enjoy this hobby so long as we do not get ourselves into trouble, as we would definitely get demoralised by them.
Back to the 2007 days! Where there's only...
Person A: Hey! There's a new advertisement on XXX/XXX!
Person B: Sounds nice! Which line issit on?
Person A: It's on EWL today.
Person B: I'm gonna camp for it!Person B: Wow! It's nice!
Person C: Really?
Person A: Haha, good that you enjoy it... I love that colour combination of that ad!...and everyone continues commenting on that specific ad until someone updates that it's removed.
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Originally posted by jcqh:
HEY! That Sony Bravia pic was taken by me!!
Willis was "mentioned" too...
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OMG, nvr watermark photo, media stole it haiz.
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SMRT will be conducting track maintenance works at the following MRT track locations between 1am and 4.30am from 19 April to 25 April 2010
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Originally posted by sbst272:
Finally... i found the news from Omy (06/04/2010):
Taking photo at the MRT platform and post online, Public: safe?
(�地�月�照片放上网, 公众：安全�?)
http://news.omy.sg/News/Local%2BNews/Story/OMYStory201004061457-141440.html
anw can somebody explain in english. my chinese sucks.
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Smoother, faster peak-hour ride for most commuters of new Circle Line stations
SINGAPORE : A smoother and faster ride - that was what most commuters said of the new Circle Line stations during the morning peak hours on Monday.
But still, there were some who were not sure where to go, especially at the interchanges.
Though some were not familiar with the station layout, most had a smooth trip, and saved time ad money.
"The morning crowd is crazy if you are taking the red line but if you take this Circle Line, it is really a lot better," said one commuter.
"It is pretty good. I am surprised that it is not too crowded even during peak hours. It is comfortable, and I don't really feel the congestion," said another commuter.
SMRT has put up signs to make sure commuters do not board the wrong train.
It will park 16 service ambassadors at the interchanges this week to help with directions.
"The first and second day was a bit confusing, and people are curious... Today, it's bit more under control," said Service Ambassador Pamela Chin.
One station that was particularly confusing, according to feedback from commuters over the weekend, was the Promenade Station.
Train platforms are located on top of each other, instead of side by side.
"The Promenade Station is designed to be an interchange, hence you see the two-level platforms, similar to what you have in City Hall and Raffles Place. Passengers will be familiar with it after a couple of travels but in the meantime, we have put in additional signs and messages to guide them to the correct platform," said Chia Chun Wah, deputy director of SMRT.
The 16 Circle Line stations that have been opened so far are expected to serve some 200,000 passengers daily. - CNA /ls -
Originally posted by youyuan:
anw can somebody explain in english. my chinese sucks.
I'll roughly translate it out then.
"Singapore has train fans who enjoys taking photos of trains and sharing them with other train fans online. This has made the public worried.
In this discussion room for Singapore Trains, it congregated many train fans who likes taking media of trains
As known from 'Lianhe Wanbao', these train fans like to take photos of exterior and interior of train advertisements, and share it with other train fans on the discussion board.
They also compared trains from last time and the ones currently, which brought back memories of Singapore's transport system.
However, on 29th March, Russia's capital Moscow had 2 metro trains packed with people bombed, which caused 39 deaths and almost 70 injuries.
MRT stations are now again the the focus of terrorists, which caused the MRT system to raise its security even more.
Some members of the public worry, if people take media of trains within MRT stations, would the security be affected? Would terrorists find out anything from those media that makes it easier for bombings?
One of the train fans within the discussion board, posted a notice 2 days after the incident, warning them to refrain from taking train videos and photos, that's because 'if you get caught (from taking photos and videos of trains), you may not be let off easily like all other times. You may even be arrested immidiately.'
The moderator of the discussion board also stated 'If you still want to take photos and videos of trains, take them at your own risk. Tou can continue to post your pictures and videos of trains, however.'
Many of the train fans felt disappointed after reading the notice. Someone asked, 'When will security here be loosen? Not being able to take photos and videos of trains make us sad.' "
May not be accurate, but at least gives you a summary about the article.
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SMRT will be conducting track maintenance works at the following LRT track locations between 1am and 4.30am from 19 to 25 April 2010
http://www.smrt.com.sg/trains/documents/service_updates/LRT_Schedule_120410.pdf
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I think they checked the sgwiki, and take one pic without the permissions of ours
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Probe into Circle Line train door
TRAIN operator SMRT is investigating a complaint that a door on one of its new Circle Line trains opened while it was travelling between stations.
A passenger, who wanted to be known only as Miss E. Goh, 19, said the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon - the first day of operations for 11 newly opened Circle Line stations.
The teaching assistant said she was travelling on a train heading from Paya Lebar station towards Bishan station when the carriage door behind her opened, creating a gap of about 30cm.
Miss Goh, who was with a few friends, said the door stayed open for a few seconds. 'We didn't scream because we were more in shock than anything else,' she said.
'All I could say was, 'Oh my God, the door is open',' said the teenager, who was headed to a concert at Republic Polytechnic in Woodlands.
She added that after a few seconds, a friend pulled the door shut.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_516749.html
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SMRT will be conducting track maintenance works at the following MRT track locations between 1am and 4.30am from 26 April to 2 May 2010
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SMRT sees increased train ridership during 1st weekend opening of Marina Bay Sands
SINGAPORE: The first weekend opening of Singapore's second integrated resort has led to an increase in traffic flow to the downtown Marina Bay area.
SMRT saw a ten to 15 per cent jump in ridership at the Promenade Station while businesses in the area are looking forward to more customers.
Many visitors hoping to check out Singapore's latest downtown attraction opted to get there by public transport and SMRT said it's taking measures to ensure that passenger needs are swiftly attended to.
Chia Chun Wah, deputy director of Station Operations, SMRT, said: "We are increasing our staff on duty for the three stations Raffles, Marina Bay and Promenade.”
Most passengers ask for directions to the Helix Bridge which leads to the integrated resort.
Ahmad Sulaiman, manager, Promenade Station, said: "We're giving them pamphlets and we have staff to direct them to the location."
With only 35 out of the 300 stores open at Marina Bay Sands, visitors head to the nearby shopping centres and restaurants.
One restaurant at the Esplanade has seen more customers streaming in since Friday and expects a 15 per cent increase in customers this weekend.
Shireen Khoo, business development manager, Simply Peranakan, said: "During their conversation, the customers say they have no time and they ask us to serve them quickly because they have to go to Sands for a walk."
For now, Ms Khoo said there are no plans to introduce special promotions to draw in more MBS visitors.
But the restaurant may do something to coincide with the F1 race in September.
Businesses at the One Fullerton which include restaurants and pubs said they're also hoping for a spillover effect from the resort's opening.
However, most of them said it's still too early to tell if there will be a noticeable increase in customers and they're adopting a wait-and-see approach before deciding if special promotions or an increase in manpower is needed. - CNA/vm -
SMRT posted $162.9 million net profit for FY2010
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SMRT will be conducting track maintenance works at the following LRT track locations between 1am and 4.30am from 3 to 9 May 2010
http://www.smrt.com.sg/trains/documents/service_updates/LRT_Schedule_30_Apr_2010.pdf
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April 23 rail incident among "more major" disruptions: SMRT
SINGAPORE: The lightning strike on the Bukit Panjang light rail transit network nearly two weeks ago, was one of several that have disrupted rail services in the last decade. And it was one of the more major incidents, damaging the power equipment of one of the trains, according to operator SMRT.
But lightning strikes don't always spell bad news for commuters, according to a lightning protection expert.
This is because of the lightning protection devices in place, which could reduce potential damage by 90 per cent, said Professor Liew Ah Choy, an electrical and computer engineering don at the National University of Singapore.
This means that in 10 instances of a lightning strike, only one incident would cause service disruption.
The devices include lightning protection tape on the rails and surge arresters to limit potential damage to the rail network's electronic systems.
The tape safeguards against direct strikes on the rail. "When the lightning current gets injected into the lightning protection tape, there will be a large voltage rise and a lot of current flowing, and a very large magnetic field generated," explained Professor Liew.
The "very high" voltages induced by lightning vary from several kilovolts to 100 kilovolts, and can cause power failure.
But in some instances, the surge arresters are able to limit the voltage values so that no damage is caused, said Prof Liew.
While no lightning protection safeguard is fail-proof, Singapore has done a good job of minimising the frequency of disruption, he said.
Since the Bukit Panjang LRT system began operations in 1999, there have been three instance of delays caused by power surges, said Mr Tay Tien Seng, SMRT's light rail operations director.
In the April 23 incident, engineers managed to get one of the trains functioning again, while a rescue train was sent to push the second defective train to the nearest station.
About 100 passengers were on the two trains, but none was in danger at any time during the incident, said SMRT in a statement after the incident.
However, a 60-year-old Bukit Panjang resident, Mr Chen, who was affected by the disruption, said station staff could have done more to prevent would-be passengers from scanning their cards and heading up to the train platform.
Had there not been a thunderstorm, passengers could have got off the train and walked on the track to the nearest station, said Mr Tay.
They would have walked a safe middle passage flanked by the train tracks.
Meanwhile, last month's disruption also threw up another interesting statistic.
Three other lightning-induced train disruptions reported in the media since 2001 have also occurred in April - one of the months with the most thunder days alongside May and November/December, according to statistics from the National Environment Agency. - CNA/vm
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Originally posted by youyuan:
April 23 rail incident among "more major" disruptions: SMRT
SINGAPORE: The lightning strike on the Bukit Panjang light rail transit network nearly two weeks ago, was one of several that have disrupted rail services in the last decade. And it was one of the more major incidents, damaging the power equipment of one of the trains, according to operator SMRT.
But lightning strikes don't always spell bad news for commuters, according to a lightning protection expert.
This is because of the lightning protection devices in place, which could reduce potential damage by 90 per cent, said Professor Liew Ah Choy, an electrical and computer engineering don at the National University of Singapore.
This means that in 10 instances of a lightning strike, only one incident would cause service disruption.
The devices include lightning protection tape on the rails and surge arresters to limit potential damage to the rail network's electronic systems.
The tape safeguards against direct strikes on the rail. "When the lightning current gets injected into the lightning protection tape, there will be a large voltage rise and a lot of current flowing, and a very large magnetic field generated," explained Professor Liew.
The "very high" voltages induced by lightning vary from several kilovolts to 100 kilovolts, and can cause power failure.
But in some instances, the surge arresters are able to limit the voltage values so that no damage is caused, said Prof Liew.
While no lightning protection safeguard is fail-proof, Singapore has done a good job of minimising the frequency of disruption, he said.
Since the Bukit Panjang LRT system began operations in 1999, there have been three instance of delays caused by power surges, said Mr Tay Tien Seng, SMRT's light rail operations director.
In the April 23 incident, engineers managed to get one of the trains functioning again, while a rescue train was sent to push the second defective train to the nearest station.
About 100 passengers were on the two trains, but none was in danger at any time during the incident, said SMRT in a statement after the incident.
However, a 60-year-old Bukit Panjang resident, Mr Chen, who was affected by the disruption, said station staff could have done more to prevent would-be passengers from scanning their cards and heading up to the train platform.
Had there not been a thunderstorm, passengers could have got off the train and walked on the track to the nearest station, said Mr Tay.
They would have walked a safe middle passage flanked by the train tracks.
Meanwhile, last month's disruption also threw up another interesting statistic.
Three other lightning-induced train disruptions reported in the media since 2001 have also occurred in April - one of the months with the most thunder days alongside May and November/December, according to statistics from the National Environment Agency. - CNA/vmThe LRT breaks down too frequently, that even the mass media doesnt really report on it. LOL...
2-3 mins delay on its service is as frequent as going out for a weekend movie. -
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MRT service disrupted due to track incident at Bedok Station
SINGAPORE: Train services were disrupted at stations between Eunos and Tanah Merah for about an hour on Friday afternoon. This was due to a track incident at Bedok Station.
About 6,500 commuters were affected when a 54-year-old man was hit by a train at around 1.45pm.
Callers to MediaCorp's news hotline said the man jumped onto the tracks when the train was approaching.
The driver, who saw the incident, will be given counselling and a few days to recover from the trauma.
All train services resumed at about 3pm.
Twenty-four free bus bridging services were deployed for commuters affected by the disruption.
Passengers who could not complete their journeys can get a full fare refund from the Passenger Service Centre in any of the 69 SMRT stations within the next three working days. -
LRT service disrupted after man tripped & fell
SINGAPORE : A man tripped and fell at Keat Hong LRT Station on Monday evening, causing the train service to be disrupted.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said the incident happened at 6.57pm.
The man's left hand was trapped between the train and platform.
SCDF officers used a cutter and splatter to rescue him.
He suffered abrasion on his arm and legs and was sent to the National University Hospital.
44-year-old Mohamad Effandy Warma, who was at the scene, said: "There's a lot of activities ... the civil defence (officers) were there, there were two fire engines and I also saw that there were ambulances plus the police.
"We saw ... the stretcher and then they pushed (it) into the ambulance, and then the ambulance goes off. We also saw that the LRT, the carriages were apparently not moving."
Normal LRT service resumed after more than an hour.
- CNA/al -
Originally posted by youyuan:
LRT service disrupted after man tripped & fell
SINGAPORE : A man tripped and fell at Keat Hong LRT Station on Monday evening, causing the train service to be disrupted.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said the incident happened at 6.57pm.
The man's left hand was trapped between the train and platform.
SCDF officers used a cutter and splatter to rescue him.
He suffered abrasion on his arm and legs and was sent to the National University Hospital.
44-year-old Mohamad Effandy Warma, who was at the scene, said: "There's a lot of activities ... the civil defence (officers) were there, there were two fire engines and I also saw that there were ambulances plus the police.
"We saw ... the stretcher and then they pushed (it) into the ambulance, and then the ambulance goes off. We also saw that the LRT, the carriages were apparently not moving."
Normal LRT service resumed after more than an hour.
- CNA/altime to get HHPSDs on LRTs!
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LRT platforms too small alr
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Incident at Bedok MRT Station on 7 May 2010
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Originally posted by QX179R:
Incident at Bedok MRT Station on 7 May 2010
Why Incidents still want to notice?
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Originally posted by c751bLoVuR:
Why Incidents still want to notice?
Your sentence structure is wrong. It is a news, not a notice.
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Originally posted by wenjie639:
Each door weighs 3 tons?
3209?
refurbishment of the C651s?