LTA rolls out new moves as rail reliability falls short
By Tan Weizhen
AND
Kenneth Cheng
Published: 11:05 PM, March 8, 2017
Updated: 7:48 AM, March 9, 2017
SINGAPORE — With rail reliability still not hitting the mark, measures are in the pipeline to improve the system and prevent breakdowns, including tapping on big data and sensors to pre-empt faults and commuter congestion.
Among other initiatives, a new system will be developed by the end of this year to allow the authorities to quickly react to a surge in commuters during emergencies such as train disruptions. By using data analytics, when there is a train delay, the direction of escalators can be changed earlier, or additional buses can be called in faster. New sensors and lasers will also be installed to monitor the health of infrastructure and assets.
Speaking in Parliament during the debate on his ministry’s budget, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan also announced on Wednesday (March 8) the Government aims to call a tender this year to replace the Bukit Panjang Light Rail Transit’s ageing components and upgrade its systems.
The Government had previously set a Mean Kilometre Between Failure (MKBF) target of 400,000 train-km for the entire rail network next year. This means that trains will need to travel an average of 400,000km before experiencing a delay of more than five minutes.
In the second half of last year, the MKBF was at 192,000 train-km — lower than the target of 200,000 train-km. Despite falling short of the goal, it will be raised to 300,000 train-km this year, Mr Khaw said. “Although we are not yet where we want to be, we will get there,” he added.
The new Fusion Analytics for Public Transport Emergency (Faster) system will collect and analyse data on passenger volume and flow in real-time, from sources such as EZ-Link cards, cellular and Wi-Fi networks, as well as CCTV cameras.
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No need to analyse commuters traffic data . If you have common sense do take a ride during peak hours and you can see that it is overcrowded . Your commuters are parked like sardines in your mrt cabin. So what happens if there are still more mrt service disruptions will the LTA chief and Mr Khaw resign to take full responsibility ? Why can't Singapore have a good reliable train service system like Taiwan ; Hong Kong and Japan ?