Serious SMRT Gives Up On Fucked-Up LRT System! Considering Scrapping! Guess The Line!

[JohnTan]

SINGAPORE - Rail operator SMRT Corp and regulator Land Transport Authority (LTA) are deciding what to do with the problematic Bukit Panjang LRT, including scrapping the system altogether.

In a company blog, SMRT Trains managing director Lee Ling Wee said a joint team is reviewing the future of the system with a view to giving it a major overhaul.

"It will be more than just a makeover," Mr Lee wrote, adding that the 17-year-old system is near "the end of its design life".


He said there are three options on the table.


One, to deploy self-powered autonomous guided vehicle on the existing viaduct.

Two, build a new LRT system with significant design enhancements in key infrastructures such as power supply, signalling, rolling stock, tracks and stations.

Three, to renew the existing Bombardier system with a more updated signalling system - allowing trains to be tracked more accurately, and to ply at a higher frequency.

Mr Lee said that an idea to do away with the entire LRT system was also mooted and for residents in the Bukit Panjang area to go back to riding buses.

"This is not far-fetched, as a fully loaded high-capacity bus like a double-decker can take 130 passengers, which is more than the 105-person capacity of a single Bombardier train," he said.

He said this option would of course lead to more road congestion.

As the joint team decides on the long-term solution to fix the problem-prone system, SMRT is putting in place short-term measures to address its reliability issues.

These include replacing its rail brackets, load-testing trains to reduce power faults, adjust motor controller settings, and install cameras on the undercarriage of four train cars to monitor interface between trains and rail.

The Bukit Panjang LRT line has been beset with problems since it began operating in 1999, most recently last week when train services were suspended between interchange stations for almost five hours, causing inconvenience for thousands of commuters.


http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/transport/bukit-panjang-lrt-may-be-scrapped-smrt-internal-blog

 

[Leongsam]

If it's made by "Bombardier" don't touch it. It's crap.

 

[johnny333]

A poor workman blames his tools.

SMRT is the workman even though the train is driver less.

 

[The_Hypocrite]

Who did the Bukit Panjang residents vote for? N is a very pro PAP constituency. Also the LRT line was a last minute pulled from the ass idea. Will the value of the flats drop even more?

 

[red amoeba]

Big slap in the face. They r pushing a lot on driverless systems in order to free themselves of labor disputes. Die die also the LRT has to run.

And being the first LRT and driverless, for sure all the shit will be there.

 

[krafty]

bukit panjang comes under Vb, please give some respect, he is after all our Sr. minister.

 

[ckmpd]

Nothing wrong with the LRT or MRT. It is pap's neglect over the last five years that cause the system to breakdown

 

[frenchbriefs]

using my best french accent,for ze movement of passengers for le last mile transporacion,perhaps ze govner would consider encouraging sinkies switching from LRT and Buses to ebikes and escooters.

 

[ckmpd]

bukit panjang comes under Vb, please give some respect, he is after all our Sr. minister.

VB is Holland/BT GRC.

 

[Think_PAP]

Singaporeans, let's Scrap the whole PAP altogether! Hopeless already! India has 150+years old railways and trains from British colonial era, Millions of Ah Neh sitting on roof daily, still not as Fuck Up as PAP 1st World MRT LRT claimed.

 

[ckmpd]

Singaporeans, let's Scrap the whole PAP altogether! Hopeless already! India has 150+years old railways and trains from British colonial era, Millions of Ah Neh sitting on roof daily, still not as Fuck Up as PAP 1st World MRT LRT claimed.

Yes, it is the pap's fault. The MRT and LRT are good systems but have been neglected by the pap due to its maximise revenue mindset

 

[krafty]

VB is Holland/BT GRC.

i remember seeing his potrait hanging in bukit panjang, holland can stretch until there, you know...

 

[ckmpd]

i remember seeing his potrait hanging in bukit panjang, holland can stretch until there, you know...

I think Bukit Panjang is SMC under Teo Ho Ping

 

[Ambulance]

halo boh kor leng boh kor leng tio boh

VB is Holland/BT GRC.

 

[frenchbriefs]

i love how they come up with the same excuse everytime,the product is at the end of its design life.and what the fuck were u doing during this 17 years?this is why all government run projects and companies are doomed to fail,they implement a system and expect it to work forever,and focus on collecting money.....instead of constantly trying to improve and innovate so that u might survive in the future.do sinkies have a sense of pride in their work or do they simply check in and do the minimum?look at the jap and korean companies,

 

[ckmpd]

i love how they come up with the same excuse everytime,the product is at the end of its design life.and what the fuck were u doing during this 17 years?this is why all government run projects and companies are doomed to fail,they implement a system and expect it to work forever,and focus on collecting money.....instead of constantly trying to improve and innovate so that u might survive in the future.do sinkies have a sense of pride in their work or do they simply check in and do the minimum?look at the jap and korean companies,

PAP is destroying Singapore with the way it is running SG. No other govt runs its country with such gross negligence

 

[kryonlight]

do sinkies have a sense of pride in their work or do they simply check in and do the minimum?

What sense of pride?

 

[Balls2U]

 

[kkbutterfly]

impossible to scarp the LRT lah.
what they wanna do with the concrete tracks and stations.
talk cock leh.
can put buses on top of the tracks?

 

[Patriot]