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More room in Downtown Line trains
Extra standing room will accommodate 120 more commuters <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR></TR><TR></TR><TR><TD><!-- headline one : end --></TD></TR><TR></TR><TR><TD><!-- show image if available --></TD></TR><TR vAlign=bottom><TD width=330>
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The Downtown Line trains, manufactured by Canadian train-maker Bombardier, will have ergonomic seats, overhead handles which provide better grip, real-time route information maps and indicators showing which side of the train to exit from. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->WHEN the new Downtown Line trains start running in 2013, they will have room for an extra 120 standing commuters, going by a mock-up unveiled yesterday.
The three-carriage trains will do away with 16 seats, replacing them with vertical plastic panels that commuters can lean against.
Each train will be able to take a total of 1,050 passengers, 120 more than trains running on the Circle Line now.
A spokesman for the Land Transport Authority said that the changes will encourage commuters to move towards the end of the train and provide greater ease of movement during boarding and alighting from the train.
The first section of the $40 billion Downtown Line is a 4.3km stretch with six stations, due to open in 2013.
When the entire line is completed in 2016, it will link the north-western and eastern areas of the island to the Central Business District and Marina Bay.
The 73 trains, which will begin to arrive here in 2012, are fully automatic and driverless, and cost a total of about $571million.
Canadian train-maker Bombardier is manufacturing the fleet at its plant in Changchun, China.
This is the first time Bombardier's trains will be used in Singapore.
Besides extra standing room, the trains will feature ergonomic seats with higher ridges at the sides of each seat.
Newly designed overhead handles will provide better grip and balance for commuters.
They are similar to the ones used on Hong Kong's MTR trains.
Other features - some of which can be found in existing trains - include red seats to indicate places reserved for elderly, pregnant or disabled commuters, real-time route information maps and indicators showing which side of the train to exit from.
The use of new brake and power generation technology will make the trains more eco-friendly than current models here.
The train is 1.4 tonnes lighter, helping the system to save 8,000 kilowatt hours per year for each train.
It is expected that more than 500,000 commuters will use the Downtown Line once it is operational.
People can view a mock-up of the train at the Land Transport Authority headquarters in Hampshire Road and give their feedback by Nov 30.
MARIA ALMENOAR
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bigger sardine can
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More room in Downtown Line trains
Extra standing room will accommodate 120 more commuters <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR></TR><TR></TR><TR><TD><!-- headline one : end --></TD></TR><TR></TR><TR><TD><!-- show image if available --></TD></TR><TR vAlign=bottom><TD width=330>
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The Downtown Line trains, manufactured by Canadian train-maker Bombardier, will have ergonomic seats, overhead handles which provide better grip, real-time route information maps and indicators showing which side of the train to exit from. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->WHEN the new Downtown Line trains start running in 2013, they will have room for an extra 120 standing commuters, going by a mock-up unveiled yesterday.
The three-carriage trains will do away with 16 seats, replacing them with vertical plastic panels that commuters can lean against.
Each train will be able to take a total of 1,050 passengers, 120 more than trains running on the Circle Line now.
A spokesman for the Land Transport Authority said that the changes will encourage commuters to move towards the end of the train and provide greater ease of movement during boarding and alighting from the train.
The first section of the $40 billion Downtown Line is a 4.3km stretch with six stations, due to open in 2013.
When the entire line is completed in 2016, it will link the north-western and eastern areas of the island to the Central Business District and Marina Bay.
The 73 trains, which will begin to arrive here in 2012, are fully automatic and driverless, and cost a total of about $571million.
Canadian train-maker Bombardier is manufacturing the fleet at its plant in Changchun, China.
This is the first time Bombardier's trains will be used in Singapore.
Besides extra standing room, the trains will feature ergonomic seats with higher ridges at the sides of each seat.
Newly designed overhead handles will provide better grip and balance for commuters.
They are similar to the ones used on Hong Kong's MTR trains.
Other features - some of which can be found in existing trains - include red seats to indicate places reserved for elderly, pregnant or disabled commuters, real-time route information maps and indicators showing which side of the train to exit from.
The use of new brake and power generation technology will make the trains more eco-friendly than current models here.
The train is 1.4 tonnes lighter, helping the system to save 8,000 kilowatt hours per year for each train.
It is expected that more than 500,000 commuters will use the Downtown Line once it is operational.
People can view a mock-up of the train at the Land Transport Authority headquarters in Hampshire Road and give their feedback by Nov 30.
MARIA ALMENOAR
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