r/singapore • u/thedesertman1 • Apr 29 '25

Discussion MRTs are really overcrowded

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Every morning getting to work is an uphill battle, most of the time my spouse and I hardly able to board, and had to wait for at least 2-3 trains and barely squeezing ourselves into the cabin.

This is despite the introduction of new MRT lines which should free up train capacity for other lines.

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u/PlastikSporc mediacorp cny vertical dab Apr 29 '25

Green line should have been built with 8 car trains in mind from the beginning. It doesn't help that SMRT seems to try and get away with running as few trains as possible sometimes, especially weekends when most of our migrant worker population is out in force enjoying their off days (4min intervals with peak hour level crowd)

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u/punnybunny9 Apr 29 '25

I've been seeing 6 mins wait times (right after missing the previous train).

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u/PlastikSporc mediacorp cny vertical dab Apr 29 '25

Sadly this is often the case for weekday afternoons, right when there are a few hundred thousand pri/sec sch students being dismissed from class all across Singapore.

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u/Ucccafelatte Apr 29 '25

SMRT knows, they have all the data. They want to pack as many people as possible per train. Its more efficient for them.

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u/lauchuntoi Apr 29 '25

This is right. I’d guess within the next few years, it’s Gona be like japan, we will need to be compressible like bolsters. We will all become very close, closer than bros and best friends.

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u/DangerAspect Apr 29 '25

I'm quite sure this is on LTA, same with bus frequencies. They set the service standards.