PTC fines both SBS Transit and SMRT Buses

Roderick a.k.a Guai Kia SG

aiyoh...

sexy girls SG

Did they forget to add an extra zero for SMRT's fine?

ftjj0298 SG

$9,300 is enough to make up for the loss of the already very bad & poor services that SBST has provided to us? Probably not...

If you say like this, let me ask you 1 question.

Is $1,000 enough to make up the loss of the "Worst than worse frequency" that SMRT has provided to us? SURELY not...

IMO, SBST should manage buses and SMRT should manage trains.

eX.A.K.R. SG

Well, if you want me to be fair...

Deny all of SMRT's and SBS Transit's profits for the next three years. Let the LTA take their profits they will be earning and use it to improve public transit infrastructure the LTA owns.

Then, deny them fare increases for the next three years unless oil prices go up - and any fare increase must be just enough to cover any increase in oil prices. Force them to lower their fares should oil prices drop.

Also, force them to delist from the Singapore Stock Exchange. That will take away their financial motivations to profit.

This should really wake them up once and for all.

SpeedStar SG

All this talks of who fines who brings 1 question in my mind...where will all this fines goes to? Will it be given to us thru reduction of fares?

chickenlittle2 SG

SMRT can recoup $1000 in 4mins frm ppl exiting Tg Pagar & Raffles Place stations in the morning.

next time PTC should make them give fare reimbursement to passenger for a week or wat. Rather than PTC taking all the money when the problem actually affecting us and nt them.

service_238 SG

All this talks of who fines who brings 1 question in my mind...where will all this fines goes to? Will it be given to us thru reduction of fares?

these fines will go to the government whom may or will in turn:
1. give us money if the economy is good
2. give the lower income money if the economy is bad
3. give bank guarantees like what the more established economies are doing now
4. improve public transport infrastructure.

Pangster SG

PTC has released the services which were fined for this 6-month period:

http://www.ptc.gov.sg/news26.pdf

gohby SG

LOL.

活该. Its high time that both bus companies are fined for their declining standards. Hopefully, this will serve as an impetus for them to pull up their socks and place greater emphasis on commuter's comfort instead of harping on profits, profits and profits.

Superbus SG

Hmm, do they really pay the fine?

TIB1062Y SG

If you say like this, let me ask you 1 question.

Is $1,000 enough to make up the loss of the "Worst than worse frequency" that SMRT has provided to us? SURELY not...

IMO, SBST should manage buses and SMRT should manage trains.

Needless to say about SMRT... What I am trying to mean here is that both companies shouldn't deserve such a light penalty of less than 10K when both companies screwed up and cause infinite inconvenience for commuters like us, especially buses.

TIB1062Y SG

All this talks of who fines who brings 1 question in my mind...where will all this fines goes to? Will it be given to us thru reduction of fares?

All these fines go to the garment of S'pore?

Reduction of fares? In S'pore, continue to have the never ending dream and it will still not happen...

Roderick a.k.a Guai Kia SG

SMRT ,de quality fail le other den their OC500LE,look how rusty de aircon is on UD's,den how dirty their 0405, scanias and DAF...dennis lance hor..use your palm hit on de chair...you see grey gas coming out..(which is super dusty)but nvm,however i still like their buses=x

Y_Shun SG

something i want to ask is....

how come those services are selected? do they send people around observing, or only selecting these serices through complains and then observing it?

Junyang700 SG

SMRT 925 got fine because bus loading exceeds 95% during weekday peak hours. Thought this service is the least crowded during peak hour?

They forgot to check 187, 188, 190, 700 & 960 for overcrowding. -_-". I think the buses are like 120% full during peak hours if you go according to the legal passenger capacity limit. You can board these buses from the back doors. =) FOC of course for some. =)

SBS997A SG

Good job to SBST and SMRT

because they love to save cost this is a good work they give out wish they kenna more :X

sunnytv SG

They even has leaking bus. Bus 169, TIB 778 Y. The ceiling is wet and dripping water.

Oceane SG

Try the 5.30pm onwards trips toward Woodlands, then maybe you'll understand why.

S925 cannot use bendies for obvious reasons, yet SMRT can't be bothered to add additional trips to improve its frequency. Come on, 1 bus per 20 minutes, can it lift passenger loads in Sungei Kadut without crushloading the bus? -_____________-"

SBS997A SG

$9,300 is a lot already......

To SBST and SMRT is no kick to them you fine them million of $$ then you see they will change if not is useless

SBS997A SG

I wonder when some of you post, if you even have the information correct...

Blatantly shooting without concrete proof... hopeless.

The reality is what as mentioned in the news - SBST fined 9.3K and SMRT 1.0K. I find absolutely no reason for people to try and say that it should be the other way round. I am seriously fed up with people who are always thinking that SMRT is worse off than SBST. If you don't have any concrete proof that SMRT breached the QoS Standards way more than SBST, jolly well shut the hell up.

There are many reasons why SBST was fined much higher. SBST obviously handles many more bus routes than SMRT - The probability of breaching the QoS Standards for SBST is therefore, much higher isn't it? I quote the sentence in the news report for you - and you go digest it yourself. "Fines range from S$100 a day per bus service route."

I'm not trying to say that you guys must support SMRT - No, both companies have their own flaws and strengths - Just how you look at it. So I always hate it whenever such flawed comparison of the companies come up amongst you people, because you don't even know what you are talking!!!

We will never get the correct infomation as most people said "You are not LTA" so they will not belive you AT ALL, If the word come from LTA then people will belive

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