SMRT: Sporns Want Seats REMOVED. Not Us! LIE Until Like This!

[makapaaa]

Since when the Papayas and their running dogs take Sporns' feedback seriously? Like this also can blame Sporns? Now that there is feedback to restore these seats, will they do it?

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->WE THANK readers for their feedback on Wednesday on modifications to SMRT trains to allow more standing room by having some seats removed.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) and SMRT jointly developed the initiative to remove some seats on some trains based on feedback from commuters about increased crowding during peak periods. We agree wholeheartedly with suggestions to explore adding more carriages or increase train frequencies. We wish to assure readers that this has been fully exploited. Currently, the number of cars per train is already at the maximum of six. Since February, SMRT has added nearly 900 additional train trips a week.

=> 7 more trains per hour! BIG DEAL!

To put the initiative in context, of the more than 100 trains in service on the North-South and East-West lines, only 10 trains will have 84 out of their 300 seats each or about 30 per cent removed. These modified trains are deployed mostly during peak periods. The objective is to create more standing room in train cabins, so doorways will be less congested, and commuters will find it easier to board and alight.
LTA and SMRT have monitored the situation and gathered feedback. In a survey of over 700 commuters conducted after deployment of the modified trains on Oct 31, nine in 10 commuters on platforms and seven in 10 in trains preferred being able to board a train quickly to having a seat. Most commuters also felt it was important to have more standing space in the cabins. And six in 10 felt that LTA and SMRT have modified the correct proportion of trains.

=> Show us the survey questions! Did anyone say it's OK to remove ALL seats?

We fully understand that the removal of seats may be an issue for commuters with special needs, such as the elderly, parents with young children, pregnant mothers and the mobility-impaired. Hence, LTA and SMRT have ensured that all train cabins will continue to have seats; even modified train cabins will still have 36 seats each. As far as possible, these modified trains will not run consecutively at any station platform, so commuters with special needs who prefer the unmodified trains can still have adequate access to seats.
Aside from seats, other initiatives to better manage crowding have been put in place. SMRT has deployed service ambassadors to encourage commuters to move to the ends of the platform and the centre of trains, an initiative which seven in 10 commuters found effective.
Geoffrey Lim
Deputy Director Media Relations
Land Transport Authority

Bernadette Low (Ms)
Manager, Corporate Marketing and Communications, SMRT Corporation

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[1sickpuppy]

Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
Oh oh tell me lies
Tell me , tell me lies
oh oh U can't disguise. Tell me tell me lies

Guess thats what Mdm Saw and her dogs are listening now a days.

 

[downgrader]

singapore is so small

i wonder why people take trains and buses for a few stops

if less than 5km, walk lah

good for health

but if you meet a smoker a long the way, beat the fuck out of him, trash him and spit on him and urinate on him

 

[po2wq]

concrete proof dat seats in mrt r in high demand! ...


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Auntie steals seat from 5-year-old boy

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<div>This woman apparently swooped in for the kill in the form of an empty seat, as a five-year-old child temporarily vacated his seat for a few seconds to talk to his mother.</div>

<div>In an MMS to STOMP, the mother of the child expresses her disappointment with the woman's actions.<br>

"This is the woman who fought over a seat with a 5- year- old," she said.</div>

<div>The contributor said her son had just got up to walk over to tell her something, and this woman just didn't care that this was so.</div>

<div>As a result, the contributor's son was left to stand in front of the seat which he lost.</div>
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[AvalanCh3]

indeed its best passenger experience. they are maxing the capacity with influcting their profit. i think this year they are gotta catch another record budget again.

 

[PJ Boy]

It's an invaluable lesson for the boy that one must be constantly vigilant. The mother should thank the aunty instead.

 

[johnny333]

It's an invaluable lesson for the boy that one must be constantly vigilant. The mother should thank the aunty instead.

When boy grows up he will serve NS & be constantly vigilant,

Life for a Singkie male is not always fair lah