NEL train doors shut on commuters - ST Forums

last SG · 2008-01-24T18:58:54+00:00

my fren said once she was not in a hurry so she gave way to the ppl alighting by the time she wanted to get in... the door shut in her face... she's in hon...

SBS3625D SG

Well, the door's gotta close anyway.

So someone getting kiap is gonna happen anyway. Laughing

I was a victim before. And you know what I was more disgusted by? The people around me. There was one bloody empty space and nobody bothered about me who was at the door hoping someone would move in.

Obviously I had been hoping for too much. Rolling Eyes

Scania N113CRB luver SG

Mine also . I kena kiapped and all they do was Shocked Shocked . Mad Altho im silly enough to get trapped , at least help me mah. Neutral

sbst275 SG

Do you know that if tat's the case, the commuter would be in the wrong since the buzzer is already up?

More likely abusing the system, cos SMRT mgmt would defend them in this unprofessional manner

maurizio13 SG

World class rail transport system.

Laughing

ceecookie SG

SMRT cannot implement side mirrors meh? Laughing

maurizio13 SG

I think the main reason is they jam pack everybody like sardines, so everybody will try their best to squeeze in.

Therefore, if they have sensor or side mirror and people are still squeezing into the train, it will delay the train further, that's why the doors have to close automatically.

Main reason is, they should increase the train frequency to prevent commuters from squeezing which results in doors closing on commuters.

The reason is SMRT, not the fault of the commuters, it's beyond the commuters ability to increase the frequency of trains.

I would love to see people fighting when population reaches 6 million with the current transport system.

SBS3625D SG

With world-class passengers.

WOW Exclamation

Oceane SG

Well, then you haven't been observing enough. I've not taken trains for quite a long time, yet I immediately spot something when I took train today.

There's a mini computer screen in driver cabs showing the situation outside the train for whether there are still anymore people boarding. So it's like there's a mini hidden camera in the train? Most probably not. My guess is the train is linked to station cameras to show boarding and alighting situations.

With such a technology,

COMMUTERS ARE TO BLAME FOR DOORS CLOSING ON THEM. PERIOD.

Y_Shun SG

faster frequency, lesser packed trains, no problems with doors shut on communters. PERIOD.

Oceane SG

If you've been taking trains regularly, you'd know that passengers FOREVER refuse to move to the middle of the cars even though there are bloody announcements for them to move. So who's fault? Go think about it.

Reasons? I have alot, but I don't want to say here. Laughing

Oceane SG

Uh, read the post below yours.

Oceane SG

Y_Shun, there has already been news that SMRT is adding 83 more train runs during peak hours. Go read Shin Min Daily News (Today’s).

Y_Shun SG

So you admit that it is their fault for doors shuttong on them before adding 83 more train trips? Laughing

Oceane SG

I never did say that, did I? Laughing

I always believe that SMRT staff are very meticulous in their work and never fail to impress me with their level of service. I'm also very satisfied with SBST's level of service. Usually you see people complaining about them, reasonable things I still can accept, unreasonable ones, you know what that means ah. Laughing It's the commuters, which are practicing kiasuism. So SMRT has no choice but to add 83 more train trips to supplement the crowd because too many are practicing kiasuism already.

wonderamazement SG

I wrote to SBS Transit, telling them about the incident that 'happened around 12:50pm' on the ST forum, and this is what Ms Tammy replied:

(1) There was no train arriving AT 12:50pm (which part of "around 12:50pm" did she not understand?)
(2) Train doors are equipped with state-of-the-art blah blah blah sensors and will retract once there's something caught in its way. The train will not move if there's something stuck.
(3) Our CCTV footage didn't show up any train doors closing in on a baby pram.

So in short, she called me a freaking liar. I would expect the same response for Ms Lee's letter.
Posted by: miles2076 at Wed Jan 23 12:24:21 SGT 2008

Laughing

sbst275 SG

Originally posted by Oceane:

COMMUTERS ARE TO BLAME FOR DOORS CLOSING ON THEM. [b]PERIOD.[/b]

Not always

Like I've said, there are cases whereby TO press for buzzer immedaitely aft the door opened

Like this, whose fault? Rolling Eyes

Oceane SG

BUT, TO has to refer to computer screen in driver cabs. That's because it's mandatory for them to do so before closing doors (and anyway it's already so easy to check on the situation). The only situation whereby I can think of, that passenger gets kiapped is:

1) Doors closing he try to rush, kena trapped in between.

Thats the one and only. As for commuters inside train but doors still close on them, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE because the doors have sensors to check if there's any part of a body still within kiapping range.

sbst275 SG

You sure? Wat you've been saying is theory

I've ever got my hands stucked but train stil left off moving, how do you explain this? It even happened in the face of a tourist to add on the flavour Twisted Evil Mr. Green

You're not answering my qn either... There are always cases TO opens and immediately calls for buzzer... So no matter wat commuter salah if the way you say it

Sometimes it's not tat ppl complain too much, it's you tat do not want to see and believe wat's really going on the ground

freedom4ever SG

no lor. there is once the train move off before i board it at orchard station. maybe i too kind to let people out first and i deserve to be left outside. end up waiting another 8 mins for the next train. total time wasted around 10+ mins.

edit: typo

Scania SG

in Japan, they have pushers pushing people into trains...In Hong Kong, they stop people from boarding the MTR if they deem the train full (which is probably around the same level of load in off peak direction during peak hours in Singapore), such that people do not need to squeeze and people at next stop can board the train.

See the difference between those systems and Singapore's? They have people at platforms to guard the platform all the time and to do some crowd control during peak hours, although nearly everything in HK turns chaos when there is a No. 8 or No. 10 warning up and MTR and bus company staffs can't do much with the crowd going home then.

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