Train delay on EWL towards Pasir Ris this morning, no official announcement from SMRT
By Martha Soezean on April 26, 2017 Current Affairs
Another delay this morning on East-West Line (EWL) was experienced by the commuters, this time without an official announcement from Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT).
Uma Venkatraman wrote on her twitter, “C’mon guys, must we face this every day? Bedok MRT. . This is the scene from 8.40am!”
Sheen Lau wrote on her Facebook, “Is it wrong of me to request for #
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to broadcast officially on all public channels whenever there is a train delay or breakdown defined by a delay of more than 5 minutes? It is not sufficient when you only announce it INSIDE the trains. Why am I answerable to my bosses for being late to work when I am supposedly & usually on time to work?”
Aleena said on her twitter, “Left home earlier today but gonna reach office later yay thanks smrt thanks alot sure thanks.”
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Did this really happen today ? How come no announcement from SMRT & mediacork ?
Train services for Downtown Line to start later on Sundays from May
This is to facilitate the testing of the entire line in preparation for the opening of stage three of the Downtown Line by end-2017, the Land Transport Authority and SBS Transit say.
SINGAPORE: Train services on the Downtown Line (DTL) will start later on Sundays from May 14 to Aug 27, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and train operator SBS Transit announced on Wednesday (Apr 26).
During this period, except for the Hari Raya Puasa weekend on Jun 25, the first train will leave at 7.30am - one hour and 40 minutes later than the current starting time of 5.50am from Bukit Panjang station. This is to facilitate the testing of the entire line in preparation for the opening of the third phase of the line (DTL3) by end-2017, LTA and SBS said.
“We are making good progress on the DTL3 and are on track to open the 16 new stations by the end of the year,” LTA chief executive Ngien Hoon Ping said.
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Delay on entire Downtown Line towards Chinatown due to signalling fault
Published26 min ago
Updated3 min ago
Toh Wen Li
SINGAPORE - Train services on the Downtown Line between Bukit Panjang and Chinatown stations were delayed during the morning peak hour on Wednesday (May 3) due to a signalling fault.
In a post on Twitter at around 7.45am, SBS Transit, the line’s operator, said commuters can expect an additional 10 minutes’ travel time.
The Straits Times has contacted SBS Transit for more information.
Train services on the Downtown Line suffered a two-hour delay in October 2016 due to a platform screen door fault which occurred at the Sixth Avenue station. An investigation revealed that a loose bolt had caused a platform screen door to become dislodged from its frame, causing the unhinged door to come into contact with the side of an approaching train.
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Really such world class transport service . Thousands of workers late for work as usual . Now SBS Transit also having problems . So how PAP ??? Still want to increase transport fares ?
Downtown Line resumes normal service after disruption lasting 7 hours
Published: 8:30 AM, May 3, 2017
Updated: 4:43 PM, May 3, 2017
SINGAPORE – Normal service has resumed on the Downtown Line, said SBS Transit on its social media account, more than five hours after it first tweeted that commuters were to expect additional travelling time of up to 10 minutes between the Bukit Panjang and Chinatown stations.
The transport operator first mentioned the delay at 7.41am on Wednesday morning (May 3) and said it was due to a signalling fault.
A statement issued later in the same afternoon clarified that the delay was due to “a signalling-related fault” at the Botanic Gardens station, resulting in the closure of the platform at the station. Commuters were then advised to transfer at Tan Kah Kee and Stevens stations to continue on their journey.
Eye-witnesses at the Botanic Gardens station said that they saw workers crowding around a faulty door, which has since been barricaded.
“The Platform Screen Doors (PSD), which are controlled by the signalling system, malfunctioned about 5.45am and could not automatically open. Staff had to manually operate the doors whenever a train arrived at the station and this took some time which caused a delay to train services,” said the transport operator.
During normal operations, the signalling system will communicate with the train system, and enable the PSD and train doors to be automatically opened at the same time for passenger boarding and alighting activities.
“Two doors (#5 and 6) will, however, remain closed for more in-depth repairs to be conducted during engineering hours tonight,” added the transport operator.
Earlier responses to the delay by commuters on social media seem to suggest that the trains were stopping for at least 10 minutes per station and that the fault happened earlier than announced.
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Still want to vote for PAP ?
Too bad for those who voted for PAP you have no right to complain about bad train services .
Platform doors at Botanic Gardens MRT station malfunction, causing 7-hour disruption
03 May 2017 10:13AM (Updated: 03 May 2017 04:10PM)
SINGAPORE: A malfunction in the platform screen doors at Botanic Gardens MRT station resulted in trains bypassing the station and a seven-hour disruption on Wednesday (May 3).
Downtown Line operator SBS Transit said the doors malfunctioned at 5.45am due to a signalling-related fault, and could not open automatically.
“Staff had to manually operate the doors whenever a train arrived at the station and this took some time which caused a delay to train services,” a spokesperson said.
“During normal operations, when a train enters a station, the signalling system will communicate with the train system so that both the platform screen doors and train doors can be automatically opened at the same time for passenger boarding and alighting activities. However, this could not be done this morning at the DT9 Botanic Gardens Station.”
To enable engineers to resolve the problem, the platform was closed for trains heading towards Chinatown, SBS Transit said.
The fault was rectified at 12.54pm and the platform opened for passenger service. Two doors will remain closed for “more in-depth repairs” to be conducted after operational hours tonight.
SBS Transit first reported the signalling fault on its Twitter account at 7.41am. It advised commuters to expect an additional travelling time of 10 minutes.
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A rail system is only as good as its weakest link
Christopher Tan
Senior Transport Correspondent
Published 4 hours ago
Yesterday’s delay on the Downtown Line did not impact commuters as badly as rail disruptions here have before. Commuters’ journeys were extended by, at most, 30 minutes. But it is still significant for a number of reasons.
First, it was the third platform-door-related incident on Singapore’s newest line. Door-related flaws are rare on rail networks, but all three on the Downtown Line happened within a span of just seven months, and within 17 months of the line’s service commencement in December 2015.
Door supplier Faiveley Transport of France has refused to comment. But when a system is so new, it is unlikely that poor maintenance is to blame when things go awry.
So, could there have been shortcomings in the procurement or commissioning of the doors? A thorough investigation is warranted - especially when yesterday’s incident came on the heels of a whole door falling off its frame. It could well have fallen into the path of an oncoming train.
Second, yesterday’s disruption shows up once again the lack of a holistic approach to mitigating disruptions.
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LTA probes 7-hour disruption on Downtown Line
The Downtown Line disruption yesterday affected at least 10,000 commuters between start of service and lunch time, and was traced to faulty doors at the Botanic Gardens station.
Published 30 min ago
Christopher Tan
Senior Transport Correspondent
SINGAPORE - The Land Transport Authority is investigating Wednesday’s 7-hour disruption on the Downtown Line - the longest on Singapore’s newest MRT line.
The incident, which affected at least 10,000 commuters between start of service and lunch time, was traced to faulty doors at the Botanic Gardens station.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education is checking if any students were late for examinations as a result of the incident.
The malfunctioning doors, believed to have been caused by a short circuit, were the third door-related fault on the Downtown Line in the past seven months.
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Originally Posted by
sadfa
Knn.
Spokesman know how to do job ma?
Is it manually open all the doors of the train or press button n all doors automatically open
If have to manually open all doors, open 70% of doors can liao.
Tell passengers exit n enter quickly via the open doors. This type of thing also don’t know
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Exchange points know ma
Don’t know how do these people work and think . Of course if doors cannot automatically open when the train stops at the station they should have opened the doors manually . I think those who were affected by yesterday’s disruption should sue SBS Transit and LTA . Causing the commuters undue stress . Such world class transport service. So Mr Khaw you still want to increase transport fares ?
Delay along North South Line on Thursday morning due to train signalling fault
By Neyla Zannia on May 4, 2017 Transport
This morning during rush hour, Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) announced that its North-South Line (NSL) from Ang Mo Kio to Marina South Pier was experiencing delays due to a train signalling fault. Commuters were asked to add 25 minutes of travelling time.
The delay happened from 7.47am to 8.11am.
It then tweeted that free regular bus service was available between Newton and Marina South Pier.
An hour later, delay was decreased to 10 minutes.
SMRT then said that the signalling fault has been cleared and the trains were progressively returning to normal speed.
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Really signalling problem again ? I thought new equipment already tested and all system go ? Well done LTA & SMRT .
Signalling system not at fault for DTL service disruption: Siemens
By Kenneth Cheng
Published: 10:15 PM, May 4, 2017
Updated: 10:41 PM, May 4, 2017
SINGAPORE — A day after the Downtown Line (DTL) was hit by a seven-hour delay, Siemens said on Thursday (May 4) the signalling system it supplied was not to blame for the fault which caused platform screen doors at Botanic Gardens to malfunction.
Responding to TODAY’s queries, Siemens said it was supporting rail operator SBS Transit in its investigations and “can already confirm that the root cause is not linked to Siemens”.
However, when contacted, the operator and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) told this newspaper that the cause of the incident has not been ascertained and will require further investigation. They added that one of the two affected doors has been repaired and in operation since the start of passenger service on Thursday morning. Repair work on the second door was scheduled to be carried out after passenger service hours on Thursday.
On Wednesday, city-bound trains on the DTL hit a snarl between 5.45am and about 1pm, the longest trip-up to date to hit the four-year-old rail network. Not only did stops at each station last longer, but trains skipped the Botanic Gardens Station owing to what SBS Transit had described as a “signalling-related fault” which resulted in platform doors failing to open automatically.
When contacted, the supplier of the platform doors, Faiveley Transport, declined comment, referring TODAY to the LTA.
The signalling system on the DTL — called the communications-based train control system — is the same one being tested on the SMRT-run North-South Line (NSL). Plans are also in the pipeline to roll out the system on SMRT’s East-West Line. During earlier trials on the NSL’s new signalling system — which is supplied by Thales — doors had failed to open and shut automatically at times, owing to a software bug. Thales was unable to comment when contacted by TODAY.
Commenting on Wednesday’s incident on the DTL, Assistant Professor Andrew Ng, a railway signalling, control and communications lecturer at the Singapore Institute of Technology, said that if the signalling system was not to blame, malfunctioning electrical circuits or mechanical components in the platform doors could have caused them to stop opening.
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Now the taiji game starts . World class transport service indeed .
Still want to raise transport fares ?