• If Laksaboy Forums appears down for you, you can google for "Laksaboy" as it will always be updated with the current URL.

    Due to MDA website filtering, please update your bookmark to https://laksaboyforum.me

    1. For any advertising enqueries or technical difficulties (e.g. registration or account issues), please send us a Private Message or contact us via our Contact Form and we will reply to you promptly.

Plans to extend new train signalling system tests during operating hours: Khaw

LaksaNews

Myth
Member
khaw-boon-wan-smrt-signalling-tests.jpg

SINGAPORE: Tests on the new train signalling system could be extended to normal operating hours, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said in a Facebook post on Sunday (Mar 11).
"We plan to extend testing to revenue hours, i.e. with passengers on board. Expect glitches and delays. I urge commuters to bear with us and thank them for their patience," he said, following a visit to the SMRT Maintenance Operation Centre to observe testing on the North-South Line and the East-West Line.
Mr Khaw added that with the stabilisation of the new signalling system on the North-South Line, the focus has been turned to the East-West Line.
Engineers are currently intensifying the testing of the new signalling system on the East-West Line without passengers, and reiterated the usefulness of the early closures and late openings (ECLO).
"Extra engineering hours provides us with longer blocks of time on the train tracks. With ECLO for the entire EWL, we are also able now to test the new system for the entire line, and not just partial stretches," Mr Khaw added.
AdvertisementAdvertisementHe said testing allowed engineers to "calibrate and tune the signalling equipment" on each train. "That is why re-signalling is so complicated and time-consuming," he said.

Let's block ads! (Why?)


More...
 
Back
Top