North-South Line train services delayed

last SG · 2006-12-05T10:38:18+00:00

Hmm there are more in other countries...

lifeisgood9989 SG

lol.. the forum kana displayed in news last night.. and i think i saw this thread also.. Laughing

VODKA KE0601 SG

Originally Posted By eX.A.K.R.:
For God's sake, and seriously, for the love of all things alive, just install platform barriers already. I don't care how much they cost, I don't care whether train fares might get doubled, tripled, even WTFed because of the barriers, just put them in there. Please. I'm really on my knees now. Just please. We can't have any more of this happening...

Exact quote from yesterday news...,

"We have in the past explored the possibility of installing half-height barriers. However, as it is still possible for passengers to climb over them, they would not effectively eliminate accidents. The option of PSD was expensive...,

Blah, Blah, Blah..., not to pass the additional financial burdens onto passengers. Blah, Blah, Blah..., a social issue..."

So, basically... No, not our F***ing probs (blames society). Wanna PSDs / barriers, prepare to pay more $$$...

ditzy SG

They have to make fares high enough so it seems cheaper to just take a lift up a 10 storey block and jump off the corridor. Laughing

sinicker SG

make all trains blast their horns as they enter each station, be it first or last train. blast horns for a full 10 seconds! Laughing

like that my hse situated near tamp mrt stn price wud drop sia.

ditzy SG

ok lor, then the price of flats near mrt stations will drop instead, turn the property market topsy turvy, economy down, fares up to compensate. Laughing

brotherchen1982 SG

TODAY Voice
7 Dec 2006, Thursday

Screens or strictures which will work to stop jumpers?
Build platform screens, and tackle the root cause It is anti-social behaviour, and must be deterred

Letter from Lim Boon Hee
I refer to the report, "Second man hit by train in four days" (Dec 6).

Protective platform screens have been previously ruled out by SMRT as too expensive to build. The significant number of falls onto train tracks over the past few years, and the widespread disruption this causes to thousands of commuters, should make SMRT think twice about resolving this problem.

It may still be a cheaper alternative, in the long run, to erect protection screens on MRT station platforms.

There are only two conclusions we can draw from the seemingly regular suicide jumps onto MRT tracks in front of an oncoming train either our MRT stations are designed to be so unsafe that it is easy to fall onto the tracks, or there is something not right in our society that people would choose to end their lives in this highly visible method so as to cause the maximum amount of chaos for others.

Either reason is a blight on Singapore's reputation. Suppressing such news may prevent copycat suicides, but the root causes of such desperate suicidal behaviour must be tackled vigorously and remedied.

Letter from Joshua Chua
I refer to the letter, "Disrupted trains a security threat" (Dec 6). I seriously doubt there would be mass-suicide plots at our stations. Perhaps it's time we stop treating these jumpers as "victims" they are, in fact, perpetrators against the law.

It's time potential jumpers realise how their acts are really anti-social, lacking in civic mindedness, not to mention costly.

The authorities should increase the fine for disrupting train services and impose it on the jumper's family members after the misdemeanour.

This may deter copycats who have to then consider what extra financial burden it would put on their family to die in this fashion. Build platform screens, and tackle the root cause It is anti-social behaviour, and must be deterred.

SBS9889U SG

Shocked Which news? Channel 5?

Maybe when news next time report other people using other methods of suicide then no one would jump track Confused

Nelstar SG

The only way to prevent people from committing suicide is to chain every person in Singapore up.

Of course, having it totally covered prevents ppl from doing it in mrt station whether on purpose or due to other factors.

But is SMRT willing to accept the burden and not pass it back to the end user?

Rolling Eyes

ditzy SG

When more people start jumping off buildings, you expect HDB to implement air beds at void decks? Laughing If more people slash thier wrists, ban all cutting tools?

Pitot SG

U guys are looking at how to cut down on the suicide rate.

Installing gates.

This is looking at cutting down the delays tat we have on Assmrt Laughing

jetabt767400 SG

Installing gates have become some impossible reality as I can see. Some platforms on the Tokyo's Hanzomon line just got screen doors last year, but suicide rates are equally high in Japan.
Those JR lines in the west areas, special limited express trains go up to 130km/h and people just get sliced without the driver knowing immediately. The lights are just normal tungsten lights and there would be no warning until a bang or something hits the windscreen.
Sounding the horn, building doors, these are just some methods that can stop in last minute, not the root of the problem.

^tamago^ SG

I don't mind. No need to take lifts everyday. Laughing

dragg SG

bungee jump will run out of business.

shinta SG

bungee jump more shiok..

shinkansen SG

I agree! Those American locomotive also got sound the horn when approaching near the station or level crossing. That's a good habit to ensure that those want to take their own life can think twice.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Jump down then no need lifts.

You jump up for me to see. Laughing

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Must be looking for tamago's pictures... Laughing

They surf sgF also.

brotherchen1982 SG

Learn from the HK train system, says commuter

^tamago^ SG

Embarassed u use pulley pull can?

Laughing

^tamago^ SG

Laughing Embarassed

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