SBST made recommendations to PTC

last SG · 2007-04-20T23:00:57+00:00

Maybe can merge 927 and 138 together but they may need to have Red Plate/White Plate thing for zoo. 927 can also be amended to ply BTP. This can only happen...

joelwinston2005 SG

Take be4 67 to Tampines. Kenna traffic jams at during peak hr. The journey took nearly 1 1/2 hr. Sit until backside pain.

SBS9806J SG

You know, that was exactly what I was thinking!

stituss SG

A blog entry commenting on the possible merger.

105090 SG

the SMRT CEO made a mistake.

she wont takeover a loss making service, namely the NEL.

but did she take into consideration that SBST paid more than $5 billion for it?

unless it was paid by LTA aka taxpayers or was written off, of course it will be loss miang for the first few years!!

sbst275 SG

To her now, everything is money...

But money created trouble everywhere

off_service SG

Do you think she care? She even mentioned in the papers that there isn't a need for restructuring of the current system, just needed improvements, which I don't see it in anyway.

I think SMRT management should really try taking their buses and trains and tell Singaporeans how they feel.

sbst275 SG

You see what she said

On the looks, she would rather have more cars to jam the road than to have packed buses jamming the bus lane Laughing

If we continue to have such comments, I think SMRT should forget abt bidding for foreign projects even on the basis as a GLC... Shame on this

TIB1049L SG

The worst thing i fret is B10M on 900A. Its overly packed with Bendy and I wouldn't think of SBST using DD for feeders

SBS3688Y SG

extremely high-handed i would say.

one of the ways is to further liberalise and open up the public transport market and disregard whether is there "any duplication of services". Let the free markert be free vs pax demand. and give more leeway to public transport operators to introduce new routes.

SBS3688Y SG

Bendies or DDs?
Each got their own advantages and disadvantages. The best is to retain them both and deploy them that deem fit for the routes.

ngjy22 SG

Then like this maybe can be like svc 179, if say B10Ms, maybe the peak hours, 1 min per bus! Then if like that, there would be a long queue of bus queuing up to load the pax, if a BC not on schedule, wah, must chiong like hell...

A great preasure for BCs doing svc 902 during peak hours when it is handed over to SBST. But if they merge/buses = SBST and trains = SMRT, then shouldn't be a problem for 902 though.

BluBlur SG

Essentially the system should have been stuck at where it is years ago. She could have happily run trains round the island.

Now we have a CEO in charge of a large transportation company, that adds insult to commoners taking public transport in the press.

With the hikes every year, public transportation will become an issue alongside healthcare and other main citizen concerns in the next election. The difference is KBW is doing rather well for his Health Ministry, we don't see the same for Transport. What is MOT doing when CDG had to submit a paper to alert them of such cost concerns? Patting mosquitoes in their offices?

Time to decide for the CEO's and MOT's 'valuable' foresight and management in the next election.

sbst275 SG

Actually I said on my prev post here is better to have packed buses clogging the bus lane than to have cars clogging 3 - 4 lanes of the roads.

As for duplication of svs, it's high time that it should be allowed. I believe the MRT has already reached its saturation pt, and maybe sooner or later SMRT might impose a 10c - 20c peak hour surcharge Mr. Green

SBS9806J SG

179 is few seconds per bus Laughing

service_238 SG

Well I dont know if we should blame SMRT for the standards they give vis-a-vis SBST.

No comments for the MRT where its rather straight forward - longer frequency = more pax per train = more profits per train = more trains in depot = save on driver costs. Apparently they find keeping the train in the depot and cutting the driver more profitable than putting more trains to induce commuters to take the train.

SMRT currently faces problems in its bus side (cant be bothered if there's any in the MRT Taxis side). First of all the driver's basic pay is lower than SBST. So more prospective employees would join SBST instead. This causes a shortage of manpower to drive the buses.

Secondly, due to manpower shortage means some buses may not run certain trips, especially in the morning when drivers report to work.

Thirdly, ALSO due to manpower shortage and little buses means tight running time for the services. Means drivers running like crazy and facing fatigue everyday. Imagine 61 67 858 965 966.

They got a small bus fleet and a smaller spare bus fleet. With them not buying new buses for the past few years means no new services anytime soon unless they take the Nissans from 608 and put them on some new route. Means no direct connections to Kranji Camp la, Bt Panjang to Sengkang la...

As for SBST to sell bendies if they take over SMRTB, compare the cost of selling them (as well as the no of years left running here) VS the cost of buying new buses and take which one is more profitable.

As for Dart on 922, B9 on 960, VO on 188.... firstly you need to train the drivers to drive them. For the moment if they merge the bus ops the BCs will stick to their buses and gradually they will learn other models. This is of course if Depot Transfer occurs.

Improvements to be made? yah SMRT has a LONG way to improve... improve your staff costs first and recruit more drivers first. Then we talk about service availability, then talk about running time, then talk about better service.

For your info, due to the delay of the opening of NEL, SBST has asked for compensation of the LTA for a sum of $50k / $500k (Refer to Extraordinary Items in the Income Statement FY03).

service_238 SG

We're lucky she's the chief of SMRT and the chief of PTC or even the BOD of MOT Laughing

sBs_boy SG

I thought SMRT have this system of giving 10c discount if you exit Raffles Place Station before 0730Hrs.. ??

sbst275 SG

Sooner or later it might be the reverse Mr. Green

brotherchen1982 SG

No need to merge: SMRT boss

SMRT SG

Wednesday April 25, 10:24 AM

S'pore rail operator SMRT sees no need for merger-paper

State-controlled rail operator SMRT Corp chief executive Saw Phaik Hwa shot down calls to restructure local public transport, a report in the Today newspaper said on Wednesday.

The paper quoted Saw as saying that the public transport system was already "very good" and that she saw no need for a merger with bus and taxi operator ComfortDelgro .

"Why fix something that ain't broke," the paper quoted Saw as saying at the group's 2006 results briefing.

SMRT shares, which touched a record high on Monday of S$1.88 on takeover speculation, was down 2.66 percent on Wednesday morning to S$1.83. ComfortDelgro shares also fell 2.92 percent to S$2.33.

Last week, ComfortDelgro chairman Lim Jit Poh made two proposals to the Transport Ministry on restructuring public transport as part of the government's review of land transport.

SMRT, 54.6 percent owned by state holding company Temasek Holdings [TEM.UL], reported a 31 percent rise in net profit to S$135.8 million ($89.75 million) in 2006.

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