An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
Despite the recent spate of train faults and mishaps at SMRT, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew told Parliament today (11 Mar) that key performance indicators such as number of train withdrawals and service delays have been improving in recent years, as a result of a change to the approach to maintenance adopted by public transport providers.
“But while the statistics show improvement, the recent incidents are a stark reminder that we still have a significant way to go”, he added.
Mr Lui noted that for most of last year, public transport operators have made “significant inroads in improving reliability”. For instance, the number of train withdrawals on the North-South (NSL) and East-West Lines (EWL) were halved to 1.1 per 100,000 train-km, compared to 2.2 in 2013 – back to 2007 standards.
Service delays lasting more than 5 minutes have also improved on the NSL and EWL by close to 20%, he said.
Withdrawal rate for Bukit Panjang LRT and Sengkang-Punggol LRT had also come down.
“I feel that we can do better in the coming years as this improved rate is still double that of the North East Line and Circle Line,” he qualified.
“While I can accept the occasional breakdown or even a more severe disruption if it occurs very rarely, I am most upset with the current situation in the last few weeks.”
“The operators must persevere and redouble their efforts to do better. They need to intensify their maintenance regime, undertake additional preventive and detection measures, as well as improve their processes to enable prompt and effective response to maintenance issues,” Mr Lui said.
http://www.tremeritus.com/2015/03/11...ally-improved/
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11-03-2015, 06:00 PM
Minister Lui: Train reliability has actually improved (in his wet dream?)
