SMRT fined $1,700 for service lapses from last June to November

[CarrotHead]

SMRT fined $1,700 for service lapses from last June to November

Published on Apr 23, 2013

SMRT has been fined $1,700 for bus service lapses between June and November last year. -- ST FILE PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

By Royston Sim

SMRT has been fined $1,700 for bus service lapses between June and November last year.

While it is the transport operator's biggest fine to date, the amount would have been $34,000 under a new penalty framework. The new rules will kick in for the next assessment period of December last year to next month.

When announcing the revised framework last month, the Public Transport Council said the heavier fines were to show how seriously it takes lapses in bus service.

SMRT's buses were overloaded on two instances between June and November, while they failed to meet the scheduled intervals on 15 occasions.

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[Microsoft]

SMRT's buses were overloaded on two instances between June and November, while they failed to meet the scheduled intervals on 15 occasions.

LTA...r u fucking trolling us? During rush owl...ebery bus ish pack to de beam...2 instances? Fuck You! :oIo:

 

[winnipegjets]

$1700 fine? How stupid can the regulators be? SMRT should have been slapped with a $1.7 million fine. If SMRT can't deliver, then they should not be given a monopoly.

 

[sta1100]

$1.7K is peanut to SMRT.