From 22 March, commuters can look forward to shorter waiting
times and less crowded trains as SMRT rolls out another 150 train
trips.
SMRT says these extra train trips are introduced as a result of its
regular monitoring of train service capacity and in anticipation of
growing train ridership on the North-South and East-West train
lines.
This latest round of service enhancements will bring about a
reduction of waiting times of between half a minute and
two-and-half minutes on weekdays and weekends.
From 22 March, passengers who take the weekday early morning
northbound train from 6.15 - 7.15am will find their waiting times
reduced by 1 - 2.5 minutes.
Passengers heading to the heartlands from the city area on weekday
evenings between 6.30 - 7.00pm need not wait more than three
minutes for a train to arrive.
Between 7.00 - 10.30 pm, additional trips will be added at various
times to maintain waiting times at no more than five minutes at
stations within the city.
This is the sixth time SMRT has enhanced its train services since
February 2008.
SMRT says these service enhancements bring the total number of
additional train trips to around 1,110.
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