New performance standards set for
trains
Commuters can now expect to wait no more than 2 to 3 minutes for
trains during peak hours under new performance standards set by the
Land Transport Authority.
LTA has included a new indicator called train headway, or
interval between trains, as part of revisions to the operating
performance standards or OPS.
With the revision, operators will have to ensure that the
intervals between trains during lunchtime as well as the morning
and evening peaks, do not exceed the new OPS.
Transport Minister Raymond Lim shared these details after
visiting the Boon Lay Extension MRT line.
"The OPS standard is to give us a benchmark so that across all
services they are not assessed across the benchmark so that
everybody know this is it you can't go below that particular
minimum that you have set."
Another revision to the standards - the tightening of the train
passenger load from 1700 passengers per train down to 1600
passengers.
This indicator sets the maximum number of passengers each train
can carry.
CEO of SMRT Saw Phaik Hwa says says they have currently
met both standards in their operations.
"The OPS as stated is what we are doing today and we already
provide this level of service. As you know during peak we are
already doing the fastest possible in headway wise, so now we have
already done the best and this is very much within the headway
wise."
The revised standards will take effect today. --938Live
Ton of bull. What I personally experienced, and had put in my
blog, is very much the otherwise.
Let's see what sort of bull her mouth will spew once she gets
slapped by another big fine for not meeting what she claims are
already-met standards.
