SMRT's investment in Dubai - palm monorail

• sbst275

  16 May 10, 16:06

  Featured on ytd 15/05/10 Ch 8 evening news.

  Reported that only 1000 ppl take this monorail per day and the ticket is S$7.

  It's a 5.45km line with 4 stations (only 2 is operational now).

  SMRT said it's an investment opportunity as part of their effort to expand overseas.

• Dragonaxe

  16 May 10, 16:19

  1000 ppl / day? so low ridership...

• sbst275

  16 May 10, 16:34

  Originally posted by Dragonaxe:

  1000 ppl / day? so low ridership...

  
  wat to do, Dubai's property market burst le. lots of property gone empty or sort.

• d143b2

  16 May 10, 17:10

  well i think of woodleigh MRT Station ...

   

• Dragonaxe

  16 May 10, 18:24

  Originally posted by d143b2:

  well i think of woodleigh MRT Station ...

   

  Speaking of woodleigh, it reminds me that Chai Chee has the demand equal to a MRT station

• sbst275

  16 May 10, 18:43

  dunno wat's e 'profit' man

• Dragonaxe

  16 May 10, 19:02

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  dunno wat's e 'profit' man

  This is what they call long-term investment. They think in a few years time the ridership would increase lol...

• sbst275

  16 May 10, 19:03

  Originally posted by Dragonaxe:

  This is what they call long-term investment. They think in a few years time the ridership would increase lol...

  
  but palm project whole thing topple le.

  Even Nakheel almost 'run road'

• wenjie639

  16 May 10, 19:03

  SMRT is operating the line

• Dragonaxe

  16 May 10, 19:08

  Going slightly OT here 

  SVC 222 has a demand equal to a LRT system / 1 MRT station. 

  In the  morning 6:55am - 7:10am.

  Buses come every 40 seconds or less. 2/3 of them are spare buses.

  Doesnt Chai Chee has a higher demand than Woodleigh? 

  Despite the tiny area it is serving now it has

  1 ITE ( College Central )

  1 International School

  East Coast Primary

  Ping Yi Secondary

  SATA

  Industrial factories 

   

  The worst thing is, it goes only in 1 direction =.=

  People going from Chai Chee Drive gotta walk or sacrifice $$ to get to the other side of Chai Chee =.= 

  Thanks to its history which is Chai Chee that was built on a hill and surrounded by landed properties, They cannot build a MRT here. Maybe an LRT but, the roads are too narrow =.= Bedok is too big ( Jurong is BIGGER!! From EW24 all the way to EW29 Joo Koon, but havent end yet still gt extension!! )

• wenjie639

  16 May 10, 19:14

  Originally posted by Dragonaxe:

  Going slightly OT here 

  SVC 222 has a demand equal to a LRT system / 1 MRT station. 

  In the  morning 6:55am - 7:10am.

  Buses come every 40 seconds or less. 2/3 of them are spare buses.

  Doesnt Chai Chee has a higher demand than Woodleigh? 

  Despite the tiny area it is serving now it has

  1 ITE ( College Central )

  1 International School

  East Coast Primary

  Ping Yi Secondary

  SATA

  Industrial factories 

   

  The worst thing is, it goes only in 1 direction =.=

  People going from Chai Chee Drive gotta walk or sacrifice $$ to get to the other side of Chai Chee =.= 

  Thanks to its history which is Chai Chee that was built on a hill and surrounded by landed properties, They cannot build a MRT here. Maybe an LRT but, the roads are too narrow =.= Bedok is too big ( Jurong is BIGGER!! From EW24 all the way to EW29 Joo Koon, but havent end yet still gt extension!! )

  Joo Koon is more towards Tuas alr

• Dragonaxe

  16 May 10, 19:23

  Originally posted by wenjie639:

  Joo Koon is more towards Tuas alr

  The whole part west from Jurong is almost fully reclaimed or should i say 99%? Anyway Jurong (Including Tuas) is TOO BIG LOL!! 

  Jurong East, Chinese Garden, Lakeside, Boon Lay(Jurong West liao), Pioneer, Joo Koon, EW 30 is all Tuas area, reclaimed also LOL lets say that

  24,25,26,27,28,29,30,TuasWest1,TW2,TW3,TW4 (Checkpoint) meaning 11 stations XD Gigantic piece of land 

• d143b2

  16 May 10, 21:03

  we cannot predict what going on mah ...

  maybe DT stage 3 would serve north bedok/bedok reservoir area

• Dragonaxe

  16 May 10, 21:10

  they said its bedok reservoir residents..

• Operation//Overkill

  16 May 10, 22:25

  1000/day...... 1 day = 7k...... how can earn? >.<

• sbst275

  16 May 10, 22:26

  least it got reported onto TV news.

• sbst275

  17 May 10, 13:04

  Originally posted by Operation//Overkill:

  1000/day...... 1 day = 7k...... how can earn? >.<

  
  me wonders too

• SMRT/SBS Transit

  17 May 10, 21:17

  Earn so little a day,how can they get profit?

• sbst275

  17 May 10, 22:11

  Originally posted by SMRT/SBS Transit:

  Earn so little a day,how can they get profit?

  
  more likely should ask how much losses

• Samuel Lee

  17 May 10, 22:20

  Originally posted by Dragonaxe:

  they said its bedok reservoir residents..

  Whats the difference between Bedok North and Resevoir?

• sbst275

  17 May 10, 22:50

  Originally posted by Samuel Lee:

  Whats the difference between Bedok North and Resevoir?

  
  seperated by PIE

• Operation//Overkill

  20 May 10, 17:01

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  me wonders too

  Electricity bills..... Cfm can't pay one......

• SBS8214Z

  20 May 10, 17:20

  the island itself look so weird....

  And it branches off the "main vein" of the "leaf", all the way to the tip of the "leaf''.

• sbst275

  22 May 10, 10:57

  Originally posted by SBS8214Z:

  the island itself look so weird....

  And it branches off the "main vein" of the "leaf", all the way to the tip of the "leaf''.

  
  it's reclaimed and shaped in an manner of e palm.

  But sadly the whole property devt collapsed during the 2008 crisis.