Smrt: We already did a lot to stop commuters from being squashed on the platform

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SMRT: WE ALREADY DID A LOT TO STOP COMMUTERS FROM BEING SQUASHED ON THE PLATFORM
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24 Oct 2014 - 11:38am





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Following the viral video of commuters being squashed onto the platform at Lakeside MRT Station, SMRT has responded to say that their staff already handled the situation well.
The video which has been shared widely online showed commuters coming up the escalator but encountering an overcrowded platform. As a result, there was a block at the top of the escalators and people were being pushed into one another.
One man in the video is heard asking someone to press the emergency stop button.
Watch the video here:
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The platform was overcrowded due to a delay on the East West Line with trains being forced to stop for about 5 to 10 minutes.
(Full Story See: SMRT AVOIDS MAKING ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT TRAIN DELAYS ON EAST-WEST LINE)



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SMRT has insisted that their staff acted well in the situation pointing out that they had already closed 4 of the 6 entry gates into the platform and staff were deployed to the escalators to stop people from boarding.
There were also announcements made at the platforms to inform commuters of the short delays.
In a statement about the incident, SMRT said:
"While the video shows that there was bunching up of commuters at the top of the escalator, it also shows station staff stopping more commuters from getting onto the escalator, and the escalator was stopped shortly after”.
"Our station staff are trained to manage crowding at platforms and have commuters' safety as their top priority," he said.




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[CloneHunter]

Rubbish PAP govt import so many foreigners....Vote PAP Out.

 

[virus]

lang jeow lorr... traffic light never work, install ERP gantry lah.

 

[Cestbon]

Idiot SMRT. Please reduce travelling up escalater speed by half.
It will reduce crowd/ accident and energy saving. Also wear and trear of the escalator.

 

[mojito]

Change all escalators to stairs. More exercise for fat NSmen.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Is it me only or did anyone find the vid damn funny haha
Gong cheebyes kena piled onto one another.....wasted no one fell else it'll be even funnier....
I dunno how those 60.1% can live like this every morning going to work...song bo?
Must be molest galore for peverted cheeko ah peks who get to squeeze into charbors.

 

[eatshitndie]

smrt was trying to provide bumpyourrump entertainment and pleasure, and you sinkies want to kpkb? who says sg is no fun. very tough crowd to please. :p

 

[Confuseous]

lang jeow lorr... traffic light never work, install ERP gantry lah.

Maybe the staff forgot that they had traffic lights?
Maybe SMRT should now install cameras like the ones at traffic lights - zapping commuters who insist on going up escalator?
Well done, Desmond!

 

[Cerebral]

smrt was trying to provide bumpyourrump entertainment and pleasure, and you sinkies want to kpkb? who says sg is no fun. very tough crowd to please. :p

I think i should start giving up my car for MRT. ...

 

[PhraRhu]

SMRT again, what a joke, first world transportation, NO?

 

[Tuayapeh]

SMRT again, what a joke, first world transportation, NO?

 

[LEGEND]

Idiot SMRT. Please reduce travelling up escalater speed by half.
It will reduce crowd/ accident and energy saving. Also wear and trear of the escalator.

If they reduce the travelling speed of the escalator, the jam will be formed at the entry area. Not helping much either.
They need to squeeze as many people in the train to maximise their profit. Shipping people as fast as possible to the platform is one of the way to make sure the trains are fully loaded before it leaves the station. I hope these people voted for PAP! :oIo: Go Hor Gau Kan lah! NabehCheeBye PAPpies! :oIo:

 

[SgGoneWrong]

Is it me only or did anyone find the vid damn funny haha
Gong cheebyes kena piled onto one another.....wasted no one fell else it'll be even funnier....
I dunno how those 60.1% can live like this every morning going to work...song bo?
Must be molest galore for peverted cheeko ah peks who get to squeeze into charbors.

Hahaha, i just watched the clip and laughed till my tears rolled out

Very funny indeed, these sinkies are like meat on a fast moving conveyor belt where the finishing end has somehow ran out of mechanism to pack them away resulting in the squash. Some of the commuters looked shocked when they were squashed when they hit into the next person at the finishing line (surfing on the phone).
Count our luck if we were not in the clip, sibeh malu to be there.

And guess what? You get what you voted for

 

[frenchbriefs]

Is it me only or did anyone find the vid damn funny haha
Gong cheebyes kena piled onto one another.....wasted no one fell else it'll be even funnier....
I dunno how those 60.1% can live like this every morning going to work...song bo?
Must be molest galore for peverted cheeko ah peks who get to squeeze into charbors.

i agree,must get out of sinkieland for ur sanity.....no idea how sinkies can live in this kind of hell.

 

[AttilaTheHun]

i agree,must get out of sinkieland for ur sanity.....no idea how sinkies can live in this kind of hell.

Yes, move to down under.

 

[AttilaTheHun]

Is it me only or did anyone find the vid damn funny haha
Gong cheebyes kena piled onto one another.....wasted no one fell else it'll be even funnier....
I dunno how those 60.1% can live like this every morning going to work...song bo?
Must be molest galore for peverted cheeko ah peks who get to squeeze into charbors.

That is why I stay away form sinkieland.

 

[SgGoneWrong]

Smrt needs to have a messaging system like what it had for taxi drivers to inform them to go make money out of stuck commuters when the train broke down last time. This time, the messaging system is for all the cheekopeks to inform them to quickly go squash up with sinkie char bors when breakdowns happen

 

[Cerebral]

Smrt needs to have a messaging system like what it had for taxi drivers to inform them to go make money out of stuck commuters when the train broke down last time. This time, the messaging system is for all the cheekopeks to inform them to quickly go squash up with sinkie char bors when breakdowns happen

So they should weigh all the commuters. Anyone beyond a certain size or weight will be rejected. Like that, they can squeeze another 50% more.

 

[SgGoneWrong]

So they should weigh all the commuters. Anyone beyond a certain size or weight will be rejected. Like that, they can squeeze another 50% more.

Size and weight don't matter.
Last CEO Saw said not packed as sardines, I mean people, are not stacked on top of one another yet

 

[Narong Wongwan]

So they should weigh all the commuters. Anyone beyond a certain size or weight will be rejected. Like that, they can squeeze another 50% more.

Agree. Machiam lifts like that....with overloading buzzer.
Fat fucks should pay more for a train ticket