Thursday, July 28, 2011  

[More trains, same result?]

It was reported in the media today that the Bukit Panjang LRT will be providing better service "soon". There are currently nineteen trains and they will be purchasing another thirteen, to be put into service in 2014.

When the LRT first started about ten years ago, most of the trains were dual-carriage (based on my observation). These days, most trains are single-carriage. I don't know what happened. In any case, since most trains are now single-carriage, it should be easy to increase capacity, just by adding one more carriage since the platform can accommodate that as well.

Just one problem.

There has been a furry of BTO launches in Bukit Panjang recently. These BTOs should be completed around 2014/15. This means there will be more people in Bukit Panjang. Coupled with the fact that the MRT line will be completed around that time as well, the increase in capacity in the LRT may have a zero net effect.

How come no one realises this?

^^^ by Locksley @ 8:27 PM. 0 comments.
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