Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enuff

[Rogue Trader]

Hong Kong: High frequency of trains, larger capacity than S'pore
The train systems in Hong Kong and Taipei have been often cited as good examples of efficiency in moving people in crowded cities. Royston Sim visits both cities to find out what makes these systems successful.

Published on Apr 29, 2013 ​

8:14 AM

PACKED TO THE BRIM: Commuters inside an MTR train during the morning peak hour. With its increasing ridership, the MTR, like Singapore’s MRT, has had to tackle overcrowding. -- ST PHOTO: ROYSTON SIM

It is 5.45pm on a weekday at Admiralty, an interchange station for the Island and Tsuen Wan lines on Hong Kong's MTR - its version of Singapore's MRT.

Throngs of commuters are rushing across the platform to transfer from one train to another at the station, which is located near the Central Business District.

Crowds build up quickly at the platform, and it gets at least as crowded as the Jurong East MRT station does during rush hour. Every train is packed to the brim. But turnover is quick.

Trains arrive at intervals of just over a minute. Each MTR train, with eight carriages compared to six in Singapore, can also carry more passengers. And there is a staff member at every door to help in crowd control.



[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: center"]HONG KONG MTR[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]SINGAPORE MRT (NSEWL, CCL, NEL)*[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TAIPEI METRO[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Year opened
[/TD]
[TD]

1979​

[/TD]
[TD]

1987​

[/TD]
[TD]

1996​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Route length (km)[/TD]
[TD]

182​

[/TD]
[TD]

148.9

​

[/TD]
[TD]

112.8​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Number of rail lines[/TD]
[TD]

10

​

[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Stations[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]84[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]99[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]104[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Train design[/TD]
[TD]8 carriages, 5 doors per carriage
(12 carriages for the East Rail Line
to Shenzhen, China)[/TD]
[TD]6 carriages, 4 doors per carriage
(3 carriages for the Circle Line)[/TD]
[TD]6 carriages, 4 doors per carriage
(4 carriages for the medium-capacity
Wenhu Line)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Average daily
ridership (million)[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.18[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.65[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.65[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Passenger loading
during peak hours[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4 to 5 passengers per sq m[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4 to 5 passengers per sq m[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.35 passengers per sq m[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Average peak frequency[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]90sec to 4min[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2min to 3min[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2min 15sec to 4min 40sec[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Average non-peak
frequency[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3min to 14min[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4min to 7min[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3min 35sec to 5min 46sec[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

[Rogue Trader]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

Naa beh ... so crowded and smelly...
Buay tahan...
next time I'll get SPH people to take trains for me...

 

[jw5]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

This fellow at least he went to take the train and the bus and get up early in the morning.

He may have solved little of the problems, but he doesn't irritate me as much as the clown who all day long sings, dances, spews obvious and motherhood statements, talks in a condescending manner, has worse diction than a pinoy maid, has a really fucked up hairstyle considering that he is a multi millionaire, dresses up in costumes, never has anything useful, sensible or of value to say, but has the cheek to collect his million dollar salary every year.

 

[Crane]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

This fellow at least he went to take the train and the bus and get up early in the morning.

He may have solved little of the problems, but he doesn't irritate me as much as the clown who all day long sings, dances, spews obvious and motherhood statements, talks in a condescending manner, has worse diction than a pinoy maid, has a really fucked up hairstyle considering that he is a multi millionaire, dresses up in costumes, never has anything useful, sensible or of value to say, but has the cheek to collect his million dollar salary every year.

Which one ? Zorro Lim or Scroobye ?

 

[maxxi]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

15 years too late..

 

[jw5]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

Which one ? Zorro Lim or Scroobye ?

Shit, now you make me have to ponder over this question...................

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

Hongkies quote.......
MSM telling us that our mothers are women.....

 

[streetsmart73]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

This fellow at least he went to take the train and the bus and get up early in the morning.

He may have solved little of the problems, but he doesn't irritate me as much as the clown who all day long sings, dances, spews obvious and motherhood statements, talks in a condescending manner, has worse diction than a pinoy maid, has a really fucked up hairstyle considering that he is a multi millionaire, dresses up in costumes, never has anything useful, sensible or of value to say, but has the cheek to collect his million dollar salary every year.

hi there


1.
2. machiam describing screw's evil twin or what:p

 

[streetsmart73]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

sheepishland: 0 hk: 1

 

[looneytan]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

he doesn't irritate me as much as the clown who all day long sings, dances, spews obvious and motherhood statements, talks in a condescending manner, has worse diction than a pinoy maid, has a really fucked up hairstyle considering that he is a multi millionaire, dresses up in costumes, never has anything useful, sensible or of value to say, but has the cheek to collect his million dollar salary every year.

since when tonychat collects million dollar salary every year ?

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

since when tonychat collects million dollar salary every year ?

million dollars rupiah

 

[laksaboy]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

The trains were big enough and they arrive frequent enough back when the population was 4 million.

Whose fault is it?

 

[laksaboy]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

Naa beh ... so crowded and smelly...
Buay tahan...
next time I'll get SPH people to take trains for me...

 

[Brightkid]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

And our besterest of the besterest multi-million dollar salary ministers did know that?

How obscence can that be when a lowly paid (reference to our ministers' salaries) civil servant in HKG to do eveything right at first go!

And our ministers need to go see and learn from them? Tax payers paying for their learning trips, assuming they were there learning!

 

[Tuayapeh]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

And our besterest of the besterest multi-million dollar salary ministers did know that?

How obscence can that be when a lowly paid (reference to our ministers' salaries) civil servant in HKG to do eveything right at first go!

And our ministers need to go see and learn from them? Tax payers paying for their learning trips, assuming they were there learning!

Hannor HK civil servants dont make even a fucking fraction and they can get it right....maybe we should hire more honkies into the fucking govt and send these fuckers back to the factories where they belong...useless bastards...

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

Which one ? Zorro Lim or Scroobye ?

Bulls eye!

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

Shit, now you make me have to ponder over this question...................

screw have million dollar salary?

 

[garlic]

Re: Straits Times: compared to HK and TW, our MRT trains are not big and frequent enu

The fact that they only realize it now shows how lag they are..