hello? Japan is the second richest nation in the world, to be
overtaken by china shortly. Singapore is what sia lol. Japan can
afford to spend on nice and technological trains and subway.
And if you calculate the average amount of money each people
have over at China, are they still rich?
Population in China: About 1,200,000,000 or 1.2 billion
China's GDP: About $4,911,000,000,000 or $4.911 trillion
Per capita: $3,696
Population in Japan: About 127,000,000 or 127 million
Japan's GDP: About $4,910,000,000,000 or $4.910 trillion
Per capita: $38,457
Population in Singapore: About 4,900,000 or 4.9 million
Singapore's GDP: About $181,939,000,000 or $189.939 billion
Per capita: $38,972
GDP is not an accurate gauge of a country's coffer due to the
fact that each country differs from one to another
in terms of land space, population and some other factor. Thus, per
capita would be a better gauge to compare IMHO.
World class?What do you mean when most of our trains are made in
japan,like the c151 and c751b
trainsets.................................................................................................but
there is still a lot of comparison between singapore and
japan..
For your information, it's the local authorities that set the
specifications of the train. Japan merely follows the specification
as stipulated by the authorities in charge and built the trains
accordingly. Even Alstom Metropolis and the upcoming Bombardier
Movia also build their train according to the specifications
stipulated.
The MRT network is not exactly what I call world-class. Firstly,
the infrastructure on the older lines is aging. The older stations,
especially those on the west side, are really starting to show
their age and out-of-date-ness. They could use a facelift.
However, I think the biggest two flaws on the MRT are its users
and its frequency. I'm not saying that no one is kind on
the MRT, but there could be a lot more. A flood of people age 60 -
70+ gets on a crowded train, and what does everyone do? Fall
asleep, especially those in the priority seats. Yesterday, on my
morning commute to school, a staff member on the eastbound Clementi
platform needed to yell at someone sleeping and listening to
deafening music in the priority seat to give it up to a pregnant
woman carrying a decent amount of shopping. Some mode of awareness
must be attempted that has a much more serious tone and better
impact than their Courtesy Trains and PCK stickers.
The frequency on the MRT could see some MAJOR improvements. I
missed a train on the way home a couple weeks ago and timed the
wait till the next train with my watch. Nine minutes and 22 seconds
is what I got, and the train that came, like all trains that I take
at 3PM+, was no different than the one I took in the morning during
peak hours in terms of how many people were inside. Increasing
frequency will also reduce this crowd. There are always quite a
number of trains idling in the depots - get them out and use them!
Go to London, Hong Kong, Taipei, Bangkok, New York City, Seoul,
Tokyo... I have personally been to all of those cities in the last
five years and during off-peak hours, there were always seats on
the trains, and with the exception of maybe London, the trains
would arrive in five minutes or less. Taipei and Hong Kong have an
average wait time of FOUR minutes during off-peak hours. Why can't
Singapore?
Currently, our station exterior do not really need
a liftover/renovation as it's there only to provide you with a
few things:
- A shelter to cover you from sun and rain
- A place where you can board/alight the train
- A place where you can wait for train
Improvement really needed:
- Frequency of train (As mentioned by you)
- System overhaul/upgrade
It make no sense to have something look so elegant and fantastic
but yet, it cannot perform/carry out it's functions efficiently and
effectively.
By the way, the reason why some sections along the NSL has
"not-so-good" frequency during peak hour is due to the "shuttle
services". EWL IMHO not as bad as NSL.
Is the train shown in Japan (Not the refurb C151) is the normal
class or express class one (I.e: The usual or premium train
one?)
How about using NEL one to compare?
You don't have to pay extra to sit in that
train. That train is belongs to the "normal
class" (Like our 0, 200, 300, 8000 and 70000 series train).
More picture below. Do note that you don't have to pay
extra fares to sit in these train too. They too,
belongs to the "normal class" train;
