WHY SMRT DON WAN PROVIDE NIGHT RIDE

SGidoits SG

use to stay til mid night at place far away my house but mrt close at 12 plus…if take taxi pocket = 1hole. why don they provide night ride? example 1 trains per hour is enuff during midnight?

QX179R SG

wrong forum lah..

I miss old annoucements SG

use to stay til mid night at place far away my house but mrt close at 12 plus…if take taxi pocket = 1hole. why don they provide night ride? example 1 trains per hour is enuff during midnight?

Maybe 20 mins frequency?

takahashi32399691 SG

They do provide NightRiders...

SGidoits SG

i meean trains not buses night rider buses onli go to some place onli bus trains go almost every where

QX179R SG

feedback your suggestion to SMRT lor..

redDUST SG

i think part of the tracks actually undergo maintainence in the wee hours....hence there is no service

QX179R SG

i think part of the tracks actually undergo maintainence in the wee hours....hence there is no service

that's part of the reason too..unless you want to have trains derailed due to the faulty tracks which are not maintained

SGidoits SG

i don think by addin 1 train per hour will affect their maintain?

I miss old annoucements SG

i don think by addin 1 train per hour will affect their maintain?

They will have to turn on power for the 750V DC third rail even if it is just one train but I think there was once during Chinese New Year when trains ran overnight.

SGidoits SG

but even like tat wont waste too much energy ba at most 5 trains per midnight onli, they mus understand la now taxi realli is open by loanshark one

I miss old annoucements SG

but even like tat wont waste too much energy ba at most 5 trains per midnight onli, they mus understand la now taxi realli is open by loanshark one

I believe they will charge a higher fare if there are night rides.

rlsh07 SG

maybe they have a reason for it?

SBS9888Y SG

but even like tat wont waste too much energy ba at most 5 trains per midnight onli, they mus understand la now taxi realli is open by loanshark one

LOL. once this service starts. we'll see train disruptions every week.

night time they need maintain their tracks esp now cos super old le. 22 years.

purpledragon84 SG

coz at nite they need to pump petrol

I miss old annoucements SG

I think SBST should provide its usual services at overnight at 20-25 mins frequency.

Oceane SG

use to stay til mid night at place far away my house but mrt close at 12 plus…if take taxi pocket = 1hole. why don they provide night ride? example 1 trains per hour is enuff during midnight?

Maintanence people need to inspect the tracks at night... to turn on the 750V DC power it would simply just fry them alive. Do remember the crew needs to get on the track too to inspect every inch of the track.

GHoST_18 SG

TS should just go home early...

aiglosicicle SG

yea. i see it often (i live next to a track). anyway in terms of cost it is not feasible to have night trains running. town area maybe got lots of people but what about the rest of the line?

TIB1224Y SG

Trains at night can only be feasible in long distance rail systems. Throughout the World, there are really few train systems which run trains overnight with regualr frequency, as in trains come in 20-30 min or any other fixed frequency. Even Japanese or European systems reserve the night track usage to sleeper trains and freight trains.

Track maintenance is one thing, the usability is also another... Repair works can be done while train is running, just that the responsibility of the train operators must be there. Working on the tracks is dangerous business.