CoolMyth SG It's not an illusion... "from the annual report, passenger trips have increased 11% from 2002 - 389.7m to 434.9m. However, car kilometres operated dropped from 81.4m to 77.1m. SMRTC has been aggressively cutting costs by cramming as much as people into each train and reducing frequencies since 2004, to maximise shareholder value."http://www.mrbrown.com/
^tamago^ SG no need think. when it broke 40k in october, train forums alrd announce liao. http://www.smrt.com.sg/investors/key_operation_data.html
sbst275 SG In 2002, SMRT made more trains trips than 2007 Though ridership, 2007 was much much higher than 2002
Trump_Card SG Trains bound for Marina Bay from Jurong are the worst every morning … Sometimes even have to wait 5 minutes for it at 8am
New Creation SG Well what do you expect from SMRT which is a publicly listed company? That is the reality of life. THey are only answerable to shareholders NOT to the citizens. We cant boycott them either because they are the only Fcuking Train operator around. At least they got a saving grace i.e. at bare minimium they are able to provide accurate arrival times for trains to arrive at the stations. That is a feat which SBS BUS PTe LTD still cannot achieve.
sbst275 SG Buses are affected well by traffic condition and there are cars who love to block the yellow boxes or sort meant for buses to be easier to turn right at the coming traffic junction another thing, now there's more and more cars on the road
xavier1979 SG Nowadays, the newer trains have more free space, presumably to provide some manoeuvring area for wheelchair-bound passengers. Good charitable thinking, but can I have a train with MORE seats please?
mr_sotong SG i think they should at least remove all the seats if they wan to reduce the train frequency..
