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[AssSMRT]

SMRT to face $1.9m in fines for deaths of two trainees and flooding incident
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Published 53 min ago

Updated 30 min ago



Zhaki Abdullah



SINGAPORE - Rail operator SMRT faces fines totalling $1.9 million for two incidents - an accident in March 2016 which resulted in the death of two SMRT trainees and the flooding incident in October last year (2017) which disrupted train services for about 16,500 passengers.

In a statement on Friday (July 20), the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said that in the 2016 case, investigations found the SMRT work team had not complied with operating procedures for track access during train service hours.

"These lapses were further compounded by inadequate supervision of MRT operations at the time of the accident," it said, adding that the operator had failed to take necessary measures to ensure the safety and health of employees.

On March 22, 2016, two SMRT trainees were hit by a train while they were on the railway tracks as they investigated a possible signalling fault between Tampines and Pasir Ris stations.

SMRT will be fined $400,000 for this incident.

In the case of last October's flooding incident, LTA's investigations found SMRT "fully responsible", as it would have been preventable if the Bishan storm water sump pit and its pumping system had been properly maintained.

The authority said it intended to issue a fine of $1.5 million to SMRT for the incident under the Rapid Transit Systems Act.

"In assessing the penalty amount for each of the two incidents, LTA has considered all facts and the severity of the incidents. LTA will also consider any other mitigating facts which the operator may raise as part of the due process for the imposition of the financial penalties," it said, adding that the fines collected will go to the Public Transport Fund to help needy families with transport fares.

The LTA added that last November's (2017) collision between two trains at the Joo Koon station was due to a problem with the signalling system and not by SMRT's actions.

SMRT in a statement on Friday apologised for the incidents and said that it was committed to "doing all we can to prevent future incidents from happening".

It said that since the incidents, it has implemented various measures and adopted the Kaizen methodology, to continually strengthen and enhance its systems and staff management.

SMRT added that it has also been "working closely with LTA to improve the reliability, maintainability and safety of our MRT network, as well as to enhance network resilience and robustness".


link at : https://www.straitstimes.com/singapo...oding-incident

[AssSMRT]

Siemens clinches contract to boost reliability of North-South, East-West MRT lines

Published 6 hours ago


Christopher Tan

Senior Transport Correspondent



SINGAPORE - German engineering group Siemens has clinched a contract to supply 1,253 track circuits for the North-South and East-West MRT lines.

Siemens said on Friday (July 20) that it will also supply a fully integrated system, called RailCom Manager, to better track circuit condition monitoring and provide advance warning of maintenance requirements.

"RailCom Manager will eliminate disruptive, time-consuming and costly false alarms," it said.

The company would not say how much the contract is worth, except that it was "a multi-million-dollar" deal.

The circuits will be installed in 58 signalling equipment rooms across the network, replacing existing, expiring equipment.

Installed in the operational control centre, the Siemens RailCom Manager will receive data from each of the track circuits and constantly monitor their condition.

Through advanced analytical techniques, the system will provide alarm and advance warning of any deterioration in performance.

The track circuit condition monitoring system will be able to identify any underlying or recurring issues.

Mr Michel Obadia, chief executive of Siemens Mobility, said: "We believe that our track circuit condition monitoring system is a great solution for this project and will deliver a wide range of operational, cost and performance benefits to LTA (Land Transport Authority).



link at : https://www.straitstimes.com/singapo...-east-west-mrt


So why was the worth of the contract not mentioned ???? I thought LTA is supposed to take care of all maintenance under the new rail finance model ? Why need to outsource the contract ??? How was the tender done ???

[AssSMRT]

Train service along CCL disrupted on Friday morning, following late Thursday night service disruption

Published on 2018-07-20 by Martha Soezean


The train service along Circle Line (CCL) was disrupted this morning (20 Jul), despite an early announcement from SMRT that the problem that affected the line since late evening yesterday has been cleared.

At 4:22am SMRT informed on its Twitter platform that the signaling fault that started since around 11pm yesterday has been cleared and the normal service was expected this morning:

Several commuters reacted positively to the SMRT's clarification post on Twitter:


However, the reality on the field did not meet the commuters' expectation, the CCL was still experiencing problems this morning and the train services were still delayed.

Commuters tweeted their information and complaints:


Ilya reported a strange fault observed on the train signboard that after leaving each station, the train that he was in, shows Nicoll Highway as the next stop with the audio announcement doing the same thing:



link at : https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/201...ce-disruption/


I wonder why the state media did not report this incident ? No wonder Ah Khaw still thinks that the train reliability had improved .

[pukimak0]

SMRT to be fined $1.9M for fatal accident, tunnel flood

Rail operator SMRT will be fined a total of $1.9 million for the 2016 accident that killed two SMRT trainees and the 2017 flooding incident in the tunnels between Bishan and Braddell MRT Stations.

In a statement on Friday (20 July), the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said that it will impose a $400,000 fine on SMRT for procedural lapses related to the fatal accident on 22 March 2016

SMRT was penalised under the Workplace Safety and Health Act (WSHA) for failing to take necessary measures to ensure the safety and health of employees at work.

During the accident, the trainees were hit by an east-bound train when they were on the railway tracks near Pasir Ris MRT station while they were investigating a possible signalling fault between Tampines and Pasir Ris MRT stations along with other colleagues.

The accident also resulted in a disruption to train services on both directions of the East-West Line (EWL) between Pasir Ris and Tanah Merah stations, affecting about 16,500 commuters.

“LTA’s separate investigations found that the SMRT work team had failed to comply with operating procedures for access to the tracks during train service hours. These lapses were further compounded by inadequate supervision of MRT operations at the time of the accident,” said an LTA spokesman.

In the second incident from 7 October to 8 October 2017, the tunnel flooding caused disruption to regular train services lasting 14.5 hours between Ang Mo Kio and Newton MRT Stations, affecting about 231,000 commuters.

An LTA spokesman noted, “LTA’s investigations found SMRT fully responsible for the incident, as the incident was entirely preventable if the Bishan storm water sump pit and its pumping system had been properly maintained.”

SMRT will be fined $1.5 million for this incident under Section 19 of the Rapid Transit Systems (RTS) Act, added the spokesman.

“SMRT has apologised for the incident and has been open and transparent in reporting the falsification of records, which contributed to the incident,” said the spokesman, who noted that SMRT has also carried out recovery works and implemented preventive measures.

The fines collected will go to the Public Transport Fund to help needy families with transport fares.






Dun make citizens pay can

[AssSMRT]

Train delay along EWL due to a faulty train on Friday evening

Published on 2018-07-21 by Martha Soezean


Another train disruption occurred on Friday evening along the East-West Line caused by a faulty train at Jurong East MRT station.

This incident happened after the train disturbance along the Circle Line this morning; In both cases, there were no official explanation from SMRT.

Commuters posted information of the EWL train delay on social media platforms. On TATA SMRT a post informed that faulty train at Jurong East has caused delays to train service toward Pasir Ris:

John Robert Lee shared a post from Singapore MRT Information Service at 6:03pm he wrote: "FAULTY TRAIN AT JE CAUSING DELAYS TO TRAIN SERVICE TOWARDS PASIR RIS."

On Twitter commuters also posted information which cited 'technical fault' and that trains were unable to stop at Jurong East:

There were also complains and queries tweeted by the commuters:

A brief train service disruption also seems to have occurred on the North South Line for a short while due to an activation of the emergency button at Marina Station , according to Damian Han's posts on TATA SMRT:

Damian Han wrote at 7:18pm: "NS line delayed for awhile as emergency button has been activated at marina station."



link at : https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/201...riday-evening/


Again no public announcements by SMRT & the state media . What are you guys trying to hide ? Are the trains safe to travel ???

[JoesephToh]

As usual PAP internet trolls will try to discredit your character once they ;ose their argument .

Why need to outsource a contract to Seimens for train reliability ??? Shouldn't the LTA doing the job ??? Wasting taxpayer's money again ???

[Samurice]

Originally Posted by pukimak0

SMRT to be fined $1.9M for fatal accident, tunnel flood

Rail operator SMRT will be fined a total of $1.9 million for the 2016 accident that killed two SMRT trainees and the 2017 flooding incident in the tunnels between Bishan and Braddell MRT Stations.

In a statement on Friday (20 July), the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said that it will impose a $400,000 fine on SMRT for procedural lapses related to the fatal accident on 22 March 2016

SMRT was penalised under the Workplace Safety and Health Act (WSHA) for failing to take necessary measures to ensure the safety and health of employees at work.

During the accident, the trainees were hit by an east-bound train when they were on the railway tracks near Pasir Ris MRT station while they were investigating a possible signalling fault between Tampines and Pasir Ris MRT stations along with other colleagues.

The accident also resulted in a disruption to train services on both directions of the East-West Line (EWL) between Pasir Ris and Tanah Merah stations, affecting about 16,500 commuters.

“LTA’s separate investigations found that the SMRT work team had failed to comply with operating procedures for access to the tracks during train service hours. These lapses were further compounded by inadequate supervision of MRT operations at the time of the accident,” said an LTA spokesman.

In the second incident from 7 October to 8 October 2017, the tunnel flooding caused disruption to regular train services lasting 14.5 hours between Ang Mo Kio and Newton MRT Stations, affecting about 231,000 commuters.

An LTA spokesman noted, “LTA’s investigations found SMRT fully responsible for the incident, as the incident was entirely preventable if the Bishan storm water sump pit and its pumping system had been properly maintained.”

SMRT will be fined $1.5 million for this incident under Section 19 of the Rapid Transit Systems (RTS) Act, added the spokesman.

“SMRT has apologised for the incident and has been open and transparent in reporting the falsification of records, which contributed to the incident,” said the spokesman, who noted that SMRT has also carried out recovery works and implemented preventive measures.

The fines collected will go to the Public Transport Fund to help needy families with transport fares.






Dun make citizens pay can

Fine them for fuck ? They just increase fares nia , so easy .
Stop them from increasing fares then fine la .

[found09]

Originally Posted by AssSMRT

Siemens clinches contract to boost reliability of North-South, East-West MRT lines

Published 6 hours ago


Christopher Tan

Senior Transport Correspondent



SINGAPORE - German engineering group Siemens has clinched a contract to supply 1,253 track circuits for the North-South and East-West MRT lines.

Siemens said on Friday (July 20) that it will also supply a fully integrated system, called RailCom Manager, to better track circuit condition monitoring and provide advance warning of maintenance requirements.

"RailCom Manager will eliminate disruptive, time-consuming and costly false alarms," it said.

The company would not say how much the contract is worth, except that it was "a multi-million-dollar" deal.

The circuits will be installed in 58 signalling equipment rooms across the network, replacing existing, expiring equipment.

Installed in the operational control centre, the Siemens RailCom Manager will receive data from each of the track circuits and constantly monitor their condition.

Through advanced analytical techniques, the system will provide alarm and advance warning of any deterioration in performance.

The track circuit condition monitoring system will be able to identify any underlying or recurring issues.

Mr Michel Obadia, chief executive of Siemens Mobility, said: "We believe that our track circuit condition monitoring system is a great solution for this project and will deliver a wide range of operational, cost and performance benefits to LTA (Land Transport Authority).



link at : https://www.straitstimes.com/singapo...-east-west-mrt


So why was the worth of the contract not mentioned ???? I thought LTA is supposed to take care of all maintenance under the new rail finance model ? Why need to outsource the contract ??? How was the tender done ???

I suspect lots of things done beyond daylight

[AssSMRT]

Train delay along DTL on Saturday evening due to signaling fault

Published on 2018-07-22 by Martha Soezean


The Down Town Line (DTL) experienced a disruption in its train service on Saturday evening (21 Jul), which SBS Transit said was caused by signaling fault.

At 5:41pm SBS Transit posted information on its Twitter platform about the fault and delay, asking for 10 minutes addition to travel time:



Several passengers have posted information and asked questions about the delay on DTL to SBS Transit:


But at 7:34pm SBS Transit announced that the service on DTL has returned to normal and apologized for the inconvenience:


However, either the problems were still not solved or the effect of the fault were still causing delay, minutes after the SBS Transit's announcement that the DTL service has returned to normal, Muhammad Syafiq posted a couple of photos of an information board at Tanjong Pagar station, showing that longer traveling time was still expected between Bukit Panjang and Expo; while the expected resume time was left blank:



link : https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/201...gnaling-fault/


How come always signalling fault ??? Are our mrt safe to travel or not ???

[sionglim]

Thk for info , bus better, .

[sharklaserscom]

get to the point of whats new

[OngKeKiang]

Walking even better .

[MsPiggy]

Leopard crawl also better .