I took the MRT train at 9.40 am this morning. This is the off-peak period.
The train arrive at intervals of 7 minutes. It was packed all the way from Yio Chu Kang station to Raffles City station. I had to stand all the way.
During the peak period, the train run at intervals of 3 minutes. I can understand that it is difficult to put more trains due to safety issues.
During the off-peak period, it should be possible to run more tains (say 1 train every 5 minutes), so that the train is not so crowded and more commuters have the chance of a comfortable ride.
I hope that SMRT will take this factor into consideration, and run more trains during the off-peak hours.
I took a train from Spore Expo at about 11am on 29th May 2007. The interval was about 10 min.
ReplyDeleteAs a commuter, I wish to have more frequent train services and seat available especially if I am travelling from, say Boon Lay to Tampines. But if this happens very often, this means there are quite a lot of trains which are not fully loaded. This will increase the operating cost which would be passed to the commuters.
starlight
it's all about money making and forget about "public" transportation service spirit.
ReplyDeleteif not how else you think SMRT stocks hit $1.9 plus and give you fat dividends?
who are the majority share holders? I am thinking must be those who hardly use the MRT. what a contradiction.
I wonder whether the government has a say in social concerns in SMRT's operations, e.g. to consider increasing frequency of trips. Or how much social responsibility does SMRT has?
ReplyDeletei agree with you. it's terrible waiting so long during off peak hours
ReplyDelete60mins / 7mins = 8.5trains needed
ReplyDelete60mins / 5mins = 12trains needed
60mins / 3mins = 20trains needed