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Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said that he will ask the the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and SMRT to "get to the bottom of the recent disruptions" but said that Singapore's delays are still better than New York.
Mr Lui said this in Parliament yesterday, in response to a question from member of parliament Lee Bee Wah, who wanted an explanation on the recent spate of breakdowns over the last few days.
Mr Lui said that the disruptions are "regrettable" but insisted that train reliability has seen "significant improvements in recent times".
He detailed that the number of delays lasting more than five minutes on the North-South and East-West Lines has reduced from 1.8 per 100,000 train-km in 2011 to 1.3 in 2014, which he said is an improvement of more than 25 per cent in three years.
But "we can do better", he said. Still, Mr Lui insisted that Singapore is doing better than New York.
“The current delay rate is more than twice as good as New York City’s rail lines, but we can do better, as there are other systems, such as in Hong Kong, that have fewer delays. I had instructed LTA and SMRT to get to the bottom of the recent disruptions," he said.
Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said that he will ask the the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and SMRT to "get to the bottom of the recent disruptions" but said that Singapore's delays are still better than New York.
Mr Lui said this in Parliament yesterday, in response to a question from member of parliament Lee Bee Wah, who wanted an explanation on the recent spate of breakdowns over the last few days.
Mr Lui said that the disruptions are "regrettable" but insisted that train reliability has seen "significant improvements in recent times".
He detailed that the number of delays lasting more than five minutes on the North-South and East-West Lines has reduced from 1.8 per 100,000 train-km in 2011 to 1.3 in 2014, which he said is an improvement of more than 25 per cent in three years.
But "we can do better", he said. Still, Mr Lui insisted that Singapore is doing better than New York.
“The current delay rate is more than twice as good as New York City’s rail lines, but we can do better, as there are other systems, such as in Hong Kong, that have fewer delays. I had instructed LTA and SMRT to get to the bottom of the recent disruptions," he said.
