What do you think about Singapore MRT system?

• Bus and Train LoVuR

  27 Feb 10, 18:19

  Does it has "World Class" standard? Share your opinions here.

• XD2229P

  27 Feb 10, 18:20

  of coz its not the best of the best..
  but compared to some countries, it's still better..

• Bus and Train LoVuR

  27 Feb 10, 18:23

  Originally posted by XD2229P:

  of coz its not the best of the best..
  but compared to some countries, it's still better..

  So what are the countries with "World Class" standard? For me , I think Japan is one of the best.

• LTnF1fan

  27 Feb 10, 18:24

  Well, they call it World Class. However, Singaporeans are still unsatisfied. But compared to many other countries, it is much better. This is because transit operators and the govt have continuously maintained and kept lookout on the demand, continously improving, therefore still not as squeezy and higher frequencies or rather going with demand. The system continuously maintained to bring more safety, comfort and speed, some even service through the training of staff. Newer technologies employed for new lines.

• XD2229P

  27 Feb 10, 18:24

  say japan for example..
  but I could be wrong as I nvr travelled overseas before..

• Fcukpap

  27 Feb 10, 18:35

  the bitches do not know how to stand on the train and need to be given seats for them...

   

• Interception_7

  27 Feb 10, 21:23

  Ok-ok la..

  There's always room for improvement, I don't think SMRT should stop at wherever they are now. 

• 105090

  27 Feb 10, 21:34

  compared to developing countries, our system is very good.
  compared to developed countries, still a lot to improve.
  the 2 operators also need to remove some unnecessary things such as the naggy announcements. the fares are quite reasonable. but it will be better to sell season passes.. then people will save more... the operators should not keep thinking of profits.
  
  also, the EWL, NSL.. the stations looks too old dark dusty and tired

• sbst275

  27 Feb 10, 21:35

  there's still a long way to go in terms of crowd control, system (signal), capacity and so on

  even e fare collection system might need overhaul

• 105090

  27 Feb 10, 21:36

  Originally posted by Interception_7:

  Ok-ok la..

  There's always room for improvement, I don't think SMRT should stop at wherever they are now. 

  the thing with our 2 operators is.. they hardly improve themselves.. they just take what there is, accept it and thats it, u dont see any improvements, or any de-provements.. our MRTs and stations feels so 1990s.....
  
  anyway, i noticed some thing.. a couple of years back, a few GTMs from each station was removed.. wierd..

• TownLink 291

  27 Feb 10, 22:15

  NEL and CCL uber modern.

• c751bLoVuR

  27 Feb 10, 22:41

  LOL! No Blue line.. for currently: Red, Green, Purple and Orange..

• E5

  27 Feb 10, 22:49

  Uber modern? World class?

  Singapore

  

  

   

  Japan

  

  

  Are we modern? Is it world class? Pictures not owned by me btw.

• SBSTransport

  27 Feb 10, 23:13

  Not world class but still considered quite good. They need to improve on their frequency alot and stop screwing people with crossover train during peak hours because I feel that it make things worse, if you can't meet the 2 minutes frequency with your current amount of train than admit it. The off-peak frequency also very jialat, fix that too and please be truthful don't hide trains that take longer than 6 minutes to arrive. The whole system also need serious overhaul especially the EWL & NSL.

  For trains, since they profit so much, install TV and don't off it, instead put ads. Really seriously take good maintenance of the train information system. The seats please change to those OC's type of seats, no more plastic, I know cloth attract dust.

  And last but not least, do something about the stations, they don't look like they have any historical value in them so no point in keeping them. Maybe applying the art concept like the NEL & CCL to EWL & NSL could help. Also remove unecessary announcement, it makes the journey much more peaceful.

• Bus and Train LoVuR

  28 Feb 10, 18:24

  Originally posted by E5:

  Uber modern? World class?

  Singapore

  

  

   

  Japan

  

  

  Are we modern? Is it world class? Pictures not owned by me btw.

  I still think Japan is much much better than Singapore.

• smrt3099

  28 Feb 10, 18:58

  Even the route maps for Japan's quite messy

• Interception_7

  28 Feb 10, 21:06

  It all depends on a person's opinion. 

• sinicker

  28 Feb 10, 23:55

  it is good.
  
  - wishes for better frequency on weekends. weekend, 10am onwards when everyone is heading to town. 6mins frequency is a no-no. lol.

• Rooney9

  28 Feb 10, 23:57

  Originally posted by smrt3099:

  Even the route maps for Japan's quite messy

  hello? Japan is how big, singapore is how big?

• Rooney9

  28 Feb 10, 23:59

  Originally posted by E5:

  Uber modern? World class?

  Singapore

  

  

   

  Japan

  

  

  Are we modern? Is it world class? Pictures not owned by me btw.

  hello? Japan is the second richest nation in the world, to be overtaken by china shortly. Singapore is what sia lol. Japan can afford to spend on nice and technological trains and subway.

• Bus and Train LoVuR

  1 Mar 10, 15:44

  Originally posted by smrt3099:

  Even the route maps for Japan's quite messy

  They have 16 major and 6 semi-major private rail operators. They are Keikyu , Keio , Keisei , Shin-Keisei , Odakyu , Seibu , Sotetsu , Tobu , Tokyu , Tokyo Metro , Meitetsu , Kintetsu , Nankai , Keihan , Hanshin , Hankyu , Semboku Rapid , Kitakyu , Kobe Electric , Kobe Rapid , Sanyo , Nishitetsu.

  Singapore have 2 operators. They are SMRT Corporation and SBS Transit.

  Each operators have a few lines.

  The lines in Tokyo (not the whole of Japan)

  JR lines (Tokyo Urban/Suburban Area)	â– Akabane · â– ChÅ«Å� (â– Rapid · â– Local) · â– HachikÅ� · â– Itsukaichi · â– JÅ�ban · â– Karasuyama  · â– Kawagoe · â– Keihin-TÅ�hoku · â– KeiyÅ� · â– Mito · â– Musashino · â– Nambu · â– Narita · â– Negishi · â– NikkÅ� · â– ÅŒme · â– RyÅ�mÅ� · â– Sagami · â– SaikyÅ� · â– â– ShÅ�nan-Shinjuku · â– SÅ�bu (â– Rapid · â– Local) · â– SotobÅ� · â– Takasaki · â– TÅ�gane · â– TÅ�hoku (Utsunomiya) · â– TÅ�kaidÅ� · â– Tsurumi · â– UchibÅ� · â– Yamanote · â– Yokohama · â– Yokosuka
  Tokyo Metro lines	â—‹Chiyoda (C) · â—‹Fukutoshin (F) · â—‹Ginza (G) · â—‹Hibiya (H) · â—‹Marunouchi (M) · â—‹Namboku (N) · â—‹TÅ�zai (T) · â—‹YÅ«rakuchÅ� (Y) · â—‹HanzÅ�mon (Z)
  Toei lines	Subway: â—‹Asakusa (A) · â—‹ÅŒedo (E) · â—‹Mita (I) · â—‹Shinjuku (S) · Guideway: Nippori-Toneri · Streetcar: Arakawa
  Major private networks	KeikyÅ« (KeikyÅ« Main · Airport · Daishi · Kurihama · Zushi) · KeiÅ� (KeiÅ� · KeiÅ� New · DÅ�butsuen · Inokashira · KeibajÅ� · Sagamihara · Takao) · Keisei (Keisei Main · Chiba · Chihara · Oshiage · Higashi-Narita · Kanamachi) · OdakyÅ« (Enoshima · Odawara · Tama) · Seibu (Ikebukuro Lines: â– Ikebukuro · â– Sayama · â– Seibu Chichibu · â– Seibu YÅ«rakucho · â– Toshima · Shinjuku Lines: â– Shinjuku · â– Haijima · â– Kokubunji · â– Seibu-en · â– Tamagawa · â– Tamako) · SÅ�tetsu (SÅ�tetsu Main · Izumino) · TÅ�bu (TÅ�bu Main lines: Daishi · Isesaki · Kameido · Kinugawa · KiryÅ« · Koizumi · NikkÅ� · Noda · Sano · Utsunomiya · TÅ�jÅ� Lines: TÅ�jÅ� · Ogose) · TÅ�kyÅ« (â– Den-en-toshi · â– Ikegami · â– Meguro · â– ÅŒimachi · â– TÅ�kyÅ« Tamagawa · â– TÅ�yoko)
  Other commuter rail lines	HokusÅ� · Kantetsu · Kodomonokuni · Nagareyama · Rinkai · Saitama · Shibayama · Shin-Keisei · TÅ�yÅ� Rapid · Tsukuba Express · Minatomirai · Yokohama Subway (â– Blue · â– Green)
  Other lines	Monorails: Chiba Monorail · Disney Resort · ShÅ�nan Monorail · Tama Monorail · Tokyo Monorail · People movers: New Shuttle · Seaside · Yamaguchi · YÅ«karigaoka · Yurikamome · Streetcars: â– Enoden · â– Setagaya

   

  
  

• sbst275

  1 Mar 10, 15:51

  Originally posted by Rooney9:

  hello? Japan is the second richest nation in the world, to be overtaken by china shortly. Singapore is what sia lol. Japan can afford to spend on nice and technological trains and subway.

  
  we can't be good in making trains but we can always be the forerunner in service standard and fare collection system so on.

  We survived because we were always e first to invent new service iniaitives, meaning to say ahead of others.

• lohkinwah

  1 Mar 10, 16:56

  personally,i feel that the train system in s'pore i already quite good already,even during the peak hours, where the trains are packed untill to the doors. at least there are some staffs advising passengers to wait for the next train, and on NEL, sbs staffs direct passengers to less crowded. to me, what i feel that most people say that our train system not as gd is bcos of the passengers. refuse to giv up seats to those who need it more than themselves, "campin" at the door whr thr r plenty of space in the middle of the cars, and also not letting passengers to alight 1st.some improvements which i hope to c is the frequency of the trains during peak hour( sometimes,once u miss a train during peak hour, the next train will come in 6mins!).just my 1 cent view.

• likeyou

  1 Mar 10, 16:59

  Clean and neat.

  But air con not strong enought at times.

  Jam at peak hours...that is a minus point.

   

  Rating: 7.5/10

• c751bLoVuR

  1 Mar 10, 17:00

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  Clean and neat.

  But air con not strong enought at times.

  Jam at peak hours...that is a minus point.

   

  Rating: 7.5/10

  The worst are C651s..