MRT keeps breaking down?

[xpo2015]

Why can't they just overhaul the entire tracks system? SG garmen beri rich what.


Train service on North South Line delayed due to track fault: SMRT
Channel NewsAsia Singapore NewsToday, 03:17
Train service was delayed on Wednesday morning (Apr 15) along the North South Line due to a track fault, said transport operator SMRT

 

[laksaboy]

Why can't they just overhaul the entire tracks system? SG garmen beri rich what.

MRT stations and lines are only for increasing the property prices in the surrounding areas. It is like some 'area-of-effect buff' to make their real estate cronies happy.

They don't care if the trains break down... as long as their real estate cronies can build a new mall or condo nearby (advertised as 'X minutes walk to MRT station!'), all is good.

The PAP govt would rather spend money upgrading HDB estates... sounds fantastic, until you realise that:

1) The residents have to pay out of their own pockets too e.g. for lift upgrading.
2) The rent of small businesses in the neighbourhood always gets increased after the estate upgrading.
3) It has a specific political purpose: to buy votes.

Give you one dollar, take back two dollars. Rent-seeking, extractive, manipulative. Who did you vote for?

 

[xebay11]

MRT stations and lines are only for increasing the property prices in the surrounding areas. It is like some 'area-of-effect buff' to make their real estate cronies happy.

They don't care if the trains break down... as long as their real estate cronies can build a new mall or condo nearby (advertised as 'X minutes walk to MRT station!'), all is good.

The PAP govt would rather spend money upgrading HDB estates... sounds fantastic, until you realise that:

1) The residents have to pay out of their own pockets too e.g. for lift upgrading.
2) The rent of small businesses in the neighbourhood always gets increased after the estate upgrading.
3) It has a specific political purpose: to buy votes.

Give you one dollar, take back two dollars. Rent-seeking, extractive, manipulative. Who did you vote for?

Yes MRT is just a tool for increasing land prices, remember the old days when they always justified building stations with the number of population surrounding the stations? not enough people, they won't build, now they just build all over the place to increase land prices and develop properties.

 

[greedy and cunning]

they are not called SMRT for nothing.

Service & Maintenance of Rail & Train

 

[Penchion]

It's delay not break down, dont anyhow say ok

 

[greedy and cunning]

delay due to a fault is called BREAKDOWN lah.

delay because the train ahead is still at the station in front is called DELAY.

 

[kopirui]

get a car men...
mrt is for FT

 

[spotter542]

MRT no breakdown , I worry