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 Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Rail System
Clean, punctual and air-conditioned, the
MRT is a hallmark of efficiency. Operating
hours:
From 6.00 am to midnight at frequencies of 3 to 8 minutes. Note: There are fines
for littering, smoking, eating and drinking in MRT stations and on board
the trains.
There are two operators of MRT train services:
1. SMRT - running the North-South
& East-West Lines
2. SBS-Transit - running the
new North-East
Line (from 20 June 2003)
Lost & Found
MRT Accidents
News
2007
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1 to
2 cents increase in bus fares and no increase in rail
fares |
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The PTC approved a 1 to 2 cent increase in
adult EZ-Link fares for buses. Senior citizen concessionary EZ-Link bus
fares, which are flat fares pegged to the lowest adult EZ-Link fare band
will also increase by 2 cents... |
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There will be no increase to all rail
fares, some EZLink adult bus fares, as well as cash fares for
buses, child/student fares and the prices of monthly student/NS
men concession passes... |
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More..... |
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Expanding our MRT
Network |
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MR RAYMOND LIM,
MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND SECOND MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS |
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"Beyond this, the LTA is completing its
feasibility studies for a new 33-station Downtown Line that will
link the eastern and north western corridors to the Marina Bay. |
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"When the Downtown Line is up,
residents in Bukit Panjang, Bukit Timah, Bedok Reservoir and
Macpherson can take the train to see the bright lights of the
Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort... |
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"As part of our long-term planning for
a future Singapore of 6.5 million population, we expect that we
will need to at least double our current rail network of 138 km
for a 50% increase in population. That means putting in the
equivalent of at least 7 North-east Lines..." |
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More..... |
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Public transport operators to handle lost & found
properties |
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"With
effect from 1 January 2007, the public bus and taxi
companies, namely, SBS Transit Ltd, SMRT Buses Ltd,
Comfort Transportation Pte Ltd, Yellow-Top Cab Pte
Ltd, CityCab Pte Ltd, SMRT Taxis Pte Ltd, Trans-Cab
Services Pte Ltd, Smart Automobile Pte Ltd and Premier
Taxis Pte Ltd, will handle all properties found in
their vehicles and handle all reports on lost and
found properties made by their customers and
drivers..." |
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More..... |
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2006
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MP suggests using half-height platform screen doors
in MRT stations
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Man fatally
hit by train |
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A Chinese man in
his mid-40s died last night after he was hit by a train at
Chinese Garden MRT station. The man had reportedly flung
himself into the path of an oncoming train. |
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Source:
Straits Times 19 Oct 2006 (H2) |
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IBM to build smartcard e-payment infrastructure for
MRT network |
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"The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has
awarded to IBM the contract to build the core backend technology
infrastructure for LTA’s next-generation smart card e-payment system –
Symphony for e-payment (e-Symphony)... |
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"The high-performance and high-speed backend
infrastructure is expected to double the present capacity and will be
capable of handling about 10 million financial transactions per day..." |
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More..... |
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Bus and train fares to increase by between 1 and 3
cents
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North East Line resumes normal operation after partial stoppage on 24
Jul 2006
Singapore carries out first large-scale anti-terror drill |
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"Ever since September 11 and the arrest of
the Jemaah Islamiyah members in Singapore, we have stepped up our
security measures... |
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"Exercise Northstar V is the largest scale
exercise we have conducted so far. We simulated a scenario with multiple
bomb explosions and a chemical agent release in 4 MRT stations and 1 bus
interchange, to stretch ourselves and test our capabilities..." |
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More..... |
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2005
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Buangkok MRT Station to open in January 2006
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Armed police patrols on MRT trains from 15 Aug 2005
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MRT extension to link NEL's Chinatown station to Marina Bay
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PTC approves tiered increase in bus & train fares
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Man jailed for
bomb hoax |
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A man was jailed for 2˝ years yesterday for
a bomb hoax. Mak Hoy Meng, 29, had handed
over to an MRT employee two notes which
claimed there was a bomb in one of the
stations. |
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Source: Straits Times 11 Mar 2005 (H6) |
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Safety
at MRT and LRT stations |
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"Despite
the various safety measures in place, there have been more
than 220 cases, where commuters were found trespassing on
the tracks at above-ground MRT and LRT stations, between
1991 and 15 September 2004. |
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"Eighty-seven
percent of such cases were non-accidental acts, which
involved commuters jumping onto the tracks to retrieve
personal items, walking, running or taking short cuts to
another platform, and acts of suicide....." |
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