Why Taipei’s MRT trumps Singapore’s

kilua SG

Since February this year, SMRT has added about 900 extra train trips each week. According to the company, on average, its train frequency during peak hours is between two and five minutes. During off-peak hours, it is now between 3.5 and seven minutes. Given the existing signalling system and infrastructure, its average peak-hour frequency puts it among the top 20% of the world’s major metro operators, SMRT adds.

Sunita Sue Leng, previously an associate editor at The Edge Singapore, is now based in Taipei and writes on Greater China issues

reyes SG

is TRTC run as privately listed company??

abt 30% of singapore commuters on SMRT are foreigners, are they train to queue behind yellow lines before the door open? i dont taipei has that much foreigners by comparison.

anyway, i am not a supporters of SMRT either.

starlancer SG

i was also greatly impressed by the taipei mrt system. for a start, we can draw similar lines here like those in taipei to guide people to queue up. and i also notice that the lines for queues in taipei is on one side of the doors, leaving the other side for easier alighting by passengers.

i also feel our stations are small compared to those in taipei… not sure if this is a fact.. those in taipei are spacious…

jayh272416 SG

Basically I have only one point to reply to.

As a result, even during the morning rush hour, the trains are never as packed as they are in Singapore.

Thats why i take bus.

xstryker SG

bus better lah

yourmotherrr SG

i hate it when people barge in without letting the others exit first. fucking irritating for me.

jayh272416 SG

i hate it when people barge in without letting the others exit first. fucking irritating for me.

maybe need police at all mrt station then they will learn. Thats the sad truth about life.

xstryker SG

i hate it when people barge in without letting the others exit first. fucking irritating for me.

then you go piak those ppl lor..

NG QIBO AARON AUBREY SG

then you go piak those ppl lor..

piak piak at mrt station?

kilua SG

is TRTC run as privately listed company??

abt 30% of singapore commuters on SMRT are foreigners, are they train to queue behind yellow lines before the door open? i dont taipei has that much foreigners by comparison.

anyway, i am not a supporters of SMRT either.

TRTC is 73.75% owned by the Taipei City Government. The Ministry of Transportation and Communications owns a further 17.14% while the Taipei County Government owns 8.75%.

SMRT is 54.4% own by the Singapore government. Singapore Government is smarter because if they sell off some of their the shares they can pack the passengers like sardines to make profits.

The prime minister pretends to be concerned about the morning hour overcrowding when they own and can control the SMRT board and management.

Then you have to hear to lies from the transport minister that if the MRT is not publicly listed, it would be inefficient when so many countries have proved otherwise. Maybe what the Transport minister really meant was SMRT would not be efficient in making profits and packing passengers like sardines.

jayh272416 SG

piak piak at mrt station?

yeah

87Dead SG

we need to have a upgrade in the mrt system!!!!!

87Dead SG

we need to have a upgrade in the mrt system!!!!!

reyes SG

TRTC is 73.75% owned by the Taipei City Government. The Ministry of Transportation and Communications owns a further 17.14% while the Taipei County Government owns 8.75%.

SMRT is 54.4% own by the Singapore government. Singapore Government is smarter because if they sell off some of their the shares they can pack the passengers like sardines to make profits.

The prime minister pretends to be concerned about the morning hour overcrowding when they own and can control the SMRT board and management.

yup u already reply what i want to hear. it does not need to public transport company to get listed to get run smooth, efficient, and at the same time earn a decent profits. too bad our govt are just in here for the profits as their major concern!!!

charlize SG

Nonsense.

SMRT is the best transport company in the whole wide world.

Maximum sardine packing into carriages translate to maximum profits.

Yes, take away more chairs.

Sooner or later, you don't even need signs (more savings for company) to tell you to give up your seats to the elderly because there won't be any seats to begin with.

MyNameisNas SG

Nonsense.

SMRT is the best transport company in the whole wide world.

Maximum sardine packing into carriages translate to maximum profits.

Yes, take away more chairs.

Sooner or later, you don't even need signs (more savings for company) to tell you to give up your seats to the elderly because there won't be any seats to begin with.

Cool.. take away all seats and bring our own chairs. Now this way, we no nd to give our seats to anyone... kekekekeke...

charlize SG

Next time, MRT carriages will have "first class", "economy class" and "budget class" .

zenden9 SG

PAP shall be fully ashamed of themselves.

WORLD CLASS TRANSPORT? World class when they compare themselves to vietnam and thailand...

When compare to advance countries/cities like germany or taipei. They will suck their thumb. Drawn world class salaries and can only make us slightly better than 3rd world countries???

ditzy SG

I'll tell you when our MRT system will top theirs. When all members of PTC, SMRT, and LTA take the MRT to work during peak hours.

reyes SG

on the otherhand, our MRT is also much better than tokyo subway.

they are super compact sardines! but most men dont mind lor coz sometimes they can to get super close to chio chics. but in certain times, these chio chics get to squeese together in trains specially for women only! haiz!!