Let me explain to wat I feel abt e MRT.
Marine Parade 1stly is only an Estate not a New Town. Back then
in 1980s, $3bn on NSEWL was alrdy pretty costly (didn't go fully
underground, it would have cost us more). Any case Marine Parade
has semi express 36 to Suntec & Orchard.
CCL was more of an accidentally conceptalised MRT line to
relieve e CBD MRT interchanges. Any case e CCL is only 3 carriage
and the peak hr freq based on the no of trains procured, it could
only maintain 5 - 7 mins peak hr freq.
NTU & NUS is pretty difficult to justify for MRT. Esp more
of NTU. 1st thing uni academic term only takes up 1/2 of the
calender days (Even extending MRT to Tuas more worth it as ppl do
take it on weekends as they work at places like shipyard).
Furthermore SBS provides double decks to NTU, which can carry
some 130 ppl with bus freq at around 2 mins per bus. An LRT can
only carry 80 - 90 passengers at e same frequency.
True on NUS&NTU catchment but I wonder how so many CCL
stations have less catchment than them. Vacant areas there may be
developed later but I can't say the same of stations along the
upcoming CCL4&5. What's up there?
I understand running any new line Eastwards between the EWL and
the coast is impossible, but at very least Marine Parade deserves a
dogleg of the CCL.
Also in the CBD, we have 4 lines and the newer ones have mostly
had to go under streets to avoid existing buildings. Is it safe to
say there will be no further lines into the CBD, anything new will
connect to existing lines at interchanges?
