SMRT will invest S$195 million to replace the signaling system on the North-South and East-West (NSEW) lines.
SMRT will invest S$195 million to replace the signaling system on the North-South and East-West (NSEW) lines, the transport company said on Wednesday.
The re-signaling project, set to be completed in 2016, will improve train frequency from 120 seconds to 100 seconds, reducing waiting time for commuters, it said.
Train service has been plagued by signaling faults in the past month, the most recent of which was when the south-bound and east-bound train services were delayed last Tuesday due to track faults.
In January alone, there were close to 11 instances of track faults that were accountable for train delays.
Commenting on the completion due date in 2016, Toh Jia Yi, a 22-year-old undergraduate from National University of Singapore said, “Four years is a long wait and it can cause great inconvenience to many commuters if the train keeps getting delayed.”
Meanwhile, Arif Bamadhaj, a SIM-RMIT student, questions whether it was indeed the signaling problem or faulty wiring on the train tracks that caused the multiple train delays.
“But in any case, I’d say that it isn’t about spending one huge amount of money now and hoping that the problem will go away. Money must be continually spent to maintain and restore any faulty parts,” said the 23-year-old student.
SMRT will be co-operating with Thales Solutions Asia Pte Ltd, the appointed contractor for the upgrading project. The replacement work will cover more than 100km of tracks on the NSEW lines, and will involve designing, installing and testing of the new signaling equipment.
“This is a massive project on a working line and will involve very close coordination between SMRT, Thales and the authorities. All necessary care will be taken to ensure that work is carried out safely and with minimum inconvenience to commuters,” said SMRT’s executive vice president Khoo Hean Siang.
In related news, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) also announced on Wednesday that 18 North East Line (NEL) trains and 16 Circle Line (CCL) trains will be added to improve rail capacity in the coming years.
LTA said it awarded the contracts for the procurement of the additional NEL and CCL trains to Alstom Transport S.A / Alstom Transport (S) Pte Ltd Consortium at a value of S$234.9 million and $134 million respectively.
The NEL and CCL trains will be delivered progressively from 2015 and is set to meet ridership growth and enhance service levels.
The re-signaling project, set to be completed in 2016, will improve train frequency from 120 seconds to 100 seconds, reducing waiting time for commuters, it said.
Train service has been plagued by signaling faults in the past month, the most recent of which was when the south-bound and east-bound train services were delayed last Tuesday due to track faults.
In January alone, there were close to 11 instances of track faults that were accountable for train delays.
Commenting on the completion due date in 2016, Toh Jia Yi, a 22-year-old undergraduate from National University of Singapore said, “Four years is a long wait and it can cause great inconvenience to many commuters if the train keeps getting delayed.”
Meanwhile, Arif Bamadhaj, a SIM-RMIT student, questions whether it was indeed the signaling problem or faulty wiring on the train tracks that caused the multiple train delays.
“But in any case, I’d say that it isn’t about spending one huge amount of money now and hoping that the problem will go away. Money must be continually spent to maintain and restore any faulty parts,” said the 23-year-old student.
SMRT will be co-operating with Thales Solutions Asia Pte Ltd, the appointed contractor for the upgrading project. The replacement work will cover more than 100km of tracks on the NSEW lines, and will involve designing, installing and testing of the new signaling equipment.
“This is a massive project on a working line and will involve very close coordination between SMRT, Thales and the authorities. All necessary care will be taken to ensure that work is carried out safely and with minimum inconvenience to commuters,” said SMRT’s executive vice president Khoo Hean Siang.
In related news, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) also announced on Wednesday that 18 North East Line (NEL) trains and 16 Circle Line (CCL) trains will be added to improve rail capacity in the coming years.
LTA said it awarded the contracts for the procurement of the additional NEL and CCL trains to Alstom Transport S.A / Alstom Transport (S) Pte Ltd Consortium at a value of S$234.9 million and $134 million respectively.
The NEL and CCL trains will be delivered progressively from 2015 and is set to meet ridership growth and enhance service levels.
*back into the abyss of death*
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