A few questions:
1) Which two stations in the Bukit Panjang LRT
system are the odd ones out besides Choa Chu Kang
and Ten Mile Junction, please note that track configuration is not
a factor in consideration for this question.
2) Which MRT station allows you to walk from Marina Bay to
somewhere in Alexandra in less than 135m.
3) Which is the MRT station whereby a HDB block nearby was
affected in such a way that its 1st and 2nd storey residents and
shops had to move out, name the block concerned.
4) Which 3 stations besides Sengkang Station,
are the odd ones out in the Sengkang LRT system. <= Note edit, 3
instead of 2.
5) SMRT regularly has a collaboration with Shaw Organization
Cinemas for one of its station, which station is that, and how do
customers redeem the discount/free gifts (which are usually valid
only on the day of travel)?
6) Which LRT Station has a center track, what is the state of
the trackway now? Give 2 reasons why do you think so.
7) Which station is the only one without an emergency bus
replacement service planned for it.
8) What is the purpose of a ticket machine with a swing gate?
Generally, what kind of stations have them?
9) Which station (stations with 2 systems are counted as 1) has
10 GTMs, of which 8 are located on a different level as the other
2, name the other function besides providing normal tickets (ie
Standard ticket/top up) which one of the two on the
different level has.
10) (Open ended, no right or wrong answer, just
justify your points) Which, do you think, is the
most pathetic station in the whole MRT/LRT systems, do not include
closed stations or uncompleted part of stations.
Answers:
1) Bukit Panjang and Fajar. Bukit Panjang has 2 lifts per platform
instead of 1, which the other stations have. Fajar's outer loop
platform has the lift in the middle, unlike the others, which are
at the end of the platform.
2) Clarke Quay. Artwork on the floor which is a map of Singapore
River.
3) Braddell. Blk 203 Toa Payoh North.
4) Fernvale. It has side platforms instead of an island
platform. Also, the outer loop platform has a closed exit to a
future development.
Kangkar and Farmway. They are stations without a large emergency
platform at the ends. Instead they have the transformer rooms
there.
5) Choa Chu Kang LRT station. Passengers will have to tap their
card on a special machine, which will print out the coupon on a
piece of thermal paper which you can present it at the Lot 1 Shaw
Cineplex.
6) Punggol. The middle track is covered over. If you look at the
ends at the middle of the platform, you can see a trackway. The
trackway is for the Punggol North LRT line and is currently unused
and not powered.
7) Ten Mile Junction. Passengers will have to walk to Phoenix or
Bukit Panjang station, though it is unknown why they dint direct
passengers to Senja.
8) Its for people who have underpayed or lost their ticket to
get their exit ticket to exit the station. It is situated at
stations without a customer service office or an exit of a station
which have the customer service centre located at another side of
the station.
9) Expo. There are 8 GTMs in the concourse, and 2 at the
platform level. GTM 10 is used for the purpose mentioned in 8)
10) Ten Mile Junction. This station has the smallest entrance,
one lift door and one staircase (which cannot be opened from the
station itself) are the only entrances to the station. It also has
low ridership (as compared to Route A and B), even with the already
long 20 minutes frequency. There is no emergency bus service
planned for the station and the aircon is controlled by a normal
aircon controller which you can find in offices. Luckily Sheng
Shiong moved in...if not it would be worse. Simply Pathetic.
