(Fictitious) The Straits Times Breaking News
Healines: 6 SMRT C151s Go on Strike
Singapore-It was a peaceful morning on the East West MRT Line
today until a sudden blast of rallies and protest broke the silence
of the morning time services. 6 SMRT KAWASAKI C151 trains mainly
sets 089/090, 091/092, 093/094, 097/098, 119/120 and 125/126 went
on strike after being unhappy with the way they were treated by
their employer, SMRT Corp.
089/090: I
have been out of job for almost 7-8 months just to get a new look,
yet my STARIS had gone haywired and I've not gotten any
advertisement yet! Worse, I've not even been given the job to ply
CGL!
091/092: Me, worse! I've not gotten any more
advertisements since the last time my Nokia ad was removed in early
2010! Now I am adless and dull looking!
093/094: I've not gotten any more ads since
HSBC ad was removed from my livery! It has been 3-4 months
since!
097/098: I've been humiliated by that cruel
employer of mine! They downgrade me with OVERHEAD ADS instead of
concept trains!
119/120: I've been King Of Ads! Why no ads for
me now!? Must strike and protest to get ads!!!
125/126: I've NEVER gotten any concept train
ads before!
LATEST : 19 C651s went on strike!
(FICTION)
There are 3 types of trains that run on the North South Line and
East West Line. C151s, C651s and C751Bs.
C651s also known as the white trains have went on strike from
4th June onwards. All 114 train sets went on strike after their
employer, SMRT Corp. , refused to refurbished them as planned due
to rising costs. As a result, all 19 trains failed to move when the
emergency brakes were applied to change mode on a rainy
day.
The 19 trains were able to be towed to the nearest stations so
that all passengers could alight. When the train was crossing over
to the middle track to be towed back to their respective depots,
all the trains mysteriously applied EMG brakes when no TO was in
the cabin. The TO went in to reset it but to no avail. After 12
hours of consideration, their employer, SMRT Corp. , refused to
refurbished them.
The C151s that coupled the C651s were unable to decouple as the
C651s held the C151s hostage. The strike led to a 3 day long
disruption until their employee decided to refurbished them next
year.
The C651s were still unhappy as dust were collecting on their
body and most of them were adless.
The employee threaten their employer that all their motors will
fail too if they refused to refurbished them immediately. After 12
hours, SMRT Corp. gave in and refurbished all 19 C651s within 6
months.
Haha... very interesting and creative 