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PM Lee: Full public inquiry into MRT breakdowns
By Elena Torrijos | Yahoo! Newsroom – 5 hours ago.
UPDATED
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says a full public inquiry will be held to help determine the root cause of the recent MRT train breakdowns, reported The Straits Times.
Its immediate task: to look into reasons for the breakdown and to see if the system can be improved or if the problem is more systemic.The committee will be chosen in the next few weeks.
Speaking after a briefing by the Land Transport Authority officials after another breakdown -- this time on Saturday morning -- PM Lee said SMRT had to begin restoring public confidence in its system.
"What is important is for us now to get to the bottom of the matter and get the system up and running safely again," he was quoted as saying by the paper.
On Saturday morning, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew also visited Newton MRT station to check on the breakdown and SMRT's bus bridging services. A day earlier, referring to the massive commuter chaos on Thursday, he made clear that SMRT had to "make this right".
A separate panel of experts is also being convened to do a "thorough check" of the rail network.
Meanwhile, train service on the North South East West Line (NSEWL) will start at 10am on Sunday, 18 December, instead of 5:30am to allow for a full inspection of tracks and trains on Saturday evening, the Land Transport Authority announced.
The move follows three train disruptions this week which have sparked public outrage. The latest two disruptions were on the North-South line while the earlier one was on the Circle Line.
In a press statement, LTA said that it has directed transport operator SMRT to conduct a full inspection of the tracks and trains after end of revenue service on Saturday night "to determine if any obvious impairment are visible arising from the two incidents resulting in train service disruptions on Thursday and Saturday."
LTA said initial investigations point to misalignment between the train track and "collector shoes" causing a fault in the power rail.
The government agency said it will mobilise its team of engineers to assist SMRT to conduct visual checks of collector shoes assembly for all trains to ensure they are intact.
Concurrently, another contingent of inspection teams will examine the third rail assembly on the NSEWL, it added.
"The teams will comb through the entire third rail assembly. This work will be conducted up to 10am the next morning. The delayed opening hour of 10am is necessary as it is estimated that the team will need at least eight hours to conduct this review," it explained.
Meanwhile, LTA said that to facilitate travel on Sunday morning before 10 am, free bus bridging services will be provided.
SMRT said passengers can take the MRT shuttle buses that will run from 5:30am to 10am on Sunday.
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Committee of Inquiry to look into MRT disruptions: PM Lee
He said that evidence will be presented to see how the train system can be made more robust and safer. -AsiaOne
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
AsiaOne
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Saturday that there will be a public inquiry to look into the recent disruptions of MRT services.
An online news source reported PM Lee as saying that evidence will be presented to see how the train system can be made more robust and safer.
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A Committee of Inquiry similar to the one which looked into the Nicoll Highway collapse will be formed, he said.
PM Lee said the train service disruptions required an inquiry as they were not single or isolated incidents.
He pointed out that Saturday morning's breakdown meant that the problem had not been resolved and that authorities will have to sort it out.
Hopefully, there will be a clearer position to ensure that future services will run without problems, he said.
Getting down to the specifics, PM Lee said SMRT needed to understand why the third rail and collector shoes were bumping against one another to cause malfunctions.
He also expressed hopes that the public and commuters would understand the difficulties involved in resolving the problem.
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PM Lee: Full public inquiry into MRT breakdowns
By Elena Torrijos | Yahoo! Newsroom – 5 hours ago.
UPDATED
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says a full public inquiry will be held to help determine the root cause of the recent MRT train breakdowns, reported The Straits Times.
Its immediate task: to look into reasons for the breakdown and to see if the system can be improved or if the problem is more systemic.The committee will be chosen in the next few weeks.
Speaking after a briefing by the Land Transport Authority officials after another breakdown -- this time on Saturday morning -- PM Lee said SMRT had to begin restoring public confidence in its system.
"What is important is for us now to get to the bottom of the matter and get the system up and running safely again," he was quoted as saying by the paper.
On Saturday morning, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew also visited Newton MRT station to check on the breakdown and SMRT's bus bridging services. A day earlier, referring to the massive commuter chaos on Thursday, he made clear that SMRT had to "make this right".
A separate panel of experts is also being convened to do a "thorough check" of the rail network.
Meanwhile, train service on the North South East West Line (NSEWL) will start at 10am on Sunday, 18 December, instead of 5:30am to allow for a full inspection of tracks and trains on Saturday evening, the Land Transport Authority announced.
The move follows three train disruptions this week which have sparked public outrage. The latest two disruptions were on the North-South line while the earlier one was on the Circle Line.
In a press statement, LTA said that it has directed transport operator SMRT to conduct a full inspection of the tracks and trains after end of revenue service on Saturday night "to determine if any obvious impairment are visible arising from the two incidents resulting in train service disruptions on Thursday and Saturday."
LTA said initial investigations point to misalignment between the train track and "collector shoes" causing a fault in the power rail.
The government agency said it will mobilise its team of engineers to assist SMRT to conduct visual checks of collector shoes assembly for all trains to ensure they are intact.
Concurrently, another contingent of inspection teams will examine the third rail assembly on the NSEWL, it added.
"The teams will comb through the entire third rail assembly. This work will be conducted up to 10am the next morning. The delayed opening hour of 10am is necessary as it is estimated that the team will need at least eight hours to conduct this review," it explained.
Meanwhile, LTA said that to facilitate travel on Sunday morning before 10 am, free bus bridging services will be provided.
SMRT said passengers can take the MRT shuttle buses that will run from 5:30am to 10am on Sunday.
.
Committee of Inquiry to look into MRT disruptions: PM Lee
He said that evidence will be presented to see how the train system can be made more robust and safer. -AsiaOne
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
AsiaOne
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Saturday that there will be a public inquiry to look into the recent disruptions of MRT services.
An online news source reported PM Lee as saying that evidence will be presented to see how the train system can be made more robust and safer.
RELATED STORIES
SMRT's North-South line partially resumed
Second train disruption in two days draws ire
Transport Minister disappointed with SMRT
A Committee of Inquiry similar to the one which looked into the Nicoll Highway collapse will be formed, he said.
PM Lee said the train service disruptions required an inquiry as they were not single or isolated incidents.
He pointed out that Saturday morning's breakdown meant that the problem had not been resolved and that authorities will have to sort it out.
Hopefully, there will be a clearer position to ensure that future services will run without problems, he said.
Getting down to the specifics, PM Lee said SMRT needed to understand why the third rail and collector shoes were bumping against one another to cause malfunctions.
He also expressed hopes that the public and commuters would understand the difficulties involved in resolving the problem.
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Next they would set up a Committee of Inquiry on how to deal with those stray dogs that had bitten the poor girl in Punggol few days ago..
