Fewer train delays in 2017 despite major incidents that 'shook public confidence': SMRT
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This has stabilise the MRT :-
Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
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16 Nov 2017 07:52AM (Updated: 16 Nov 2017 12:47PM)
Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
Few neasures here may help to mitigate and minimise MRT disruptions and safety :-
(1) Failsafe, failsoft mechanism - eg, if signaling software fail, hardware eg. IoT take over - if not human backup must be able to manual override and take over if signaling software fail.
(2) Redundant lines - to be able to shut down the whole line for maintenance, repair and fail over to redundant line eg, the up and coming redundant thomson line from Changi, Ang Mo Kio to Jurong (NUS, NTU, SP, NP, UniSim, One-North, Science Park) ---- will alleviate and provide redundant to the Green line (East-West line) and Red line (Ang Mo Kio line to Jurong East).
(3) Improve work culture and morale of staff - demoralise staff will not put in extra effort to make the system work or improve the system.
(4) Parallel bus system (that run along the MRT station) - able to beef up during MRT disruption
(5) Proactive, predictive, reactive maintenance - to upgrade and improve the parts that are 20 to 30 years old.
(6) Realtime information dispensement to inform public - that eg. "A" line is unavailable for servicing and move over to "B" line. (This is the same as London tube - where one line is taken down for servicing, a parallel line is activated to serve public. And if both lines are down, bus system that ply the MRT stations are activated). --- 3 redundant public transport system in place. If to be more kiasu, activate PMD, hire-bicycle also put in place - for those who are adventurous to rely on during disruptions.
Make this a standard modus operandi that public will take it as natural course.
---- All mechanical things, or software, or hardware, or system --- will fail some point in time - and need maintenance, servicing, repair.
----- The key is there will be a failsafe alternative, failsoft mechanism to mitigate, redundant system to seamlessly or close to seamless take over of main line if fail.
eg. car will fail on the road and need maintenance.
air con will fail and need maintenance.
computer system will fail, and need redundant system to take over.
etc etc.
Make public understand this.
人法地， 地法天， 天法道，道法自然。
万法唯心起。
This is the Universal Law of Impermanence.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
Since the parallel MRT thomson line that run parallel to East-West Line and North South line are still work in progress and not available now -----
"May have to consider using Bus services to run to all MRT stations ---- for eg. service provided during peak hours --- eg. go office hours and after office hours --- to backup MRT lines).
If MRT lines disrupted --- parallel bus service can be beef up =------ until the new parallel MRT line is available."
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
To save cost, this parallel bus service vthat run along the MRT stations will not run during off-peak hours.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
Best still come up with a transit guide, information display system etc- to illustrate the redundant systems :- eg.
(1) Line A - normal (or disrupted - go to Line B, C and D eg.)
(2) Line B - normal (or disrupted)
(3) Bus service C - normal (or disrupted)
(4) hire PMD, Hire bike D - normal (or disrupted)
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
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16 Nov 2017 07:52AM (Updated: 16 Nov 2017 12:47PM)
Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
Few neasures here may help to mitigate and minimise MRT disruptions and safety :-
(1) Failsafe, failsoft mechanism - eg, if signaling software fail, hardware eg. IoT take over - if not human backup must be able to manual override and take over if signaling software fail.
(2) Redundant lines - to be able to shut down the whole line for maintenance, repair and fail over to redundant line eg, the up and coming redundant thomson line from Changi, Ang Mo Kio to Jurong (NUS, NTU, SP, NP, UniSim, One-North, Science Park) ---- will alleviate and provide redundant to the Green line (East-West line) and Red line (Ang Mo Kio line to Jurong East).
(3) Improve work culture and morale of staff - demoralise staff will not put in extra effort to make the system work or improve the system.
(4) Parallel bus system (that run along the MRT station) - able to beef up during MRT disruption
(5) Proactive, predictive, reactive maintenance - to upgrade and improve the parts that are 20 to 30 years old.
(6) Realtime information dispensement to inform public - that eg. "A" line is unavailable for servicing and move over to "B" line. (This is the same as London tube - where one line is taken down for servicing, a parallel line is activated to serve public. And if both lines are down, bus system that ply the MRT stations are activated). --- 3 redundant public transport system in place. If to be more kiasu, activate PMD, hire-bicycle also put in place - for those who are adventurous to rely on during disruptions.
Make this a standard modus operandi that public will take it as natural course.
---- All mechanical things, or software, or hardware, or system --- will fail some point in time - and need maintenance, servicing, repair.
----- The key is there will be a failsafe alternative, failsoft mechanism to mitigate, redundant system to seamlessly or close to seamless take over of main line if fail.
eg. car will fail on the road and need maintenance.
air con will fail and need maintenance.
computer system will fail, and need redundant system to take over.
etc etc.
Make public understand this.
人法地， 地法天， 天法道，道法自然。
万法唯心起。
This is the Universal Law of Impermanence.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
Since the parallel MRT thomson line that run parallel to East-West Line and North South line are still work in progress and not available now -----
"May have to consider using Bus services to run to all MRT stations ---- for eg. service provided during peak hours --- eg. go office hours and after office hours --- to backup MRT lines).
If MRT lines disrupted --- parallel bus service can be beef up =------ until the new parallel MRT line is available."
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
To save cost, this parallel bus service vthat run along the MRT stations will not run during off-peak hours.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
Best still come up with a transit guide, information display system etc- to illustrate the redundant systems :- eg.
(1) Line A - normal (or disrupted - go to Line B, C and D eg.)
(2) Line B - normal (or disrupted)
(3) Bus service C - normal (or disrupted)
(4) hire PMD, Hire bike D - normal (or disrupted)
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05 Dec 2017 05:33PM (Updated: 05 Dec 2017 06:17PM)
Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
Seah Moon Ming is an effective top management.
He is both task-oriented and human-oriented - and particularly good in managing and handling engineer.
In a short-span of few years when he head ST Electronics, he help the company to achieve billion $ company.
And he turn around ST Kinetics and ST Marine - when they are not doing well.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
He subsequently rise to become the Deputy President of ST Engineering.
Together with top management in ST Engineering, there are few hundred companies formed globally - and has become multi-billion dollars conglomerate.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
Notably, he has helped to setup and build the 1st satellite company for Singapore.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
ST Engineering has become a respectable defense contractor for Singapore.
Among many local build engineering products are the :-
(1) Reowned local build warhog - that is praise and own by the British army.
(2) Locally build Bionix, self-propelled howitzer
(3) Locally build SAR-21 rifle
(4) Locally build ACMS (Advanced Combat Manned System)
(5) Locally build stealth frigate
and many others....
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
In fact, ST Electronics has locally build some MRT system - that are used by Taiwan Metro MRT.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
ST Engineering has the largest number of engineers in Singapore.
Give him sometimes, he will help to build a core of respectable engineers in SMRT.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
Ah forget to mention that our reowned Terrex is also build by ST Engineering - specifically ST Kinetics.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
US Marine Corps bought the Terrex.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
Putting such a man to be Chairman of SMRT, you think SMRT cannot revamp?
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Ricky Lim · Singapore
Seah Moon Ming leave ST Engineering in 2013 as he was called up to look into clean energy LNG to reinforce our Energy Hub due to a slump in oil price and need to look at clean energy.
In a short span of 4 years, he has build up a respectable supply chain and value chain of suppliers and customers - globally and regionally in Pavilion Energy that reinforce our position as energy hub.
Seah Moon Ming is a rare business and management talent.
However he cannot work alone and he is good at building a strong management team and a good core of engineers to help him succeed.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
Seah Moon Ming is an effective top management.
He is both task-oriented and human-oriented - and particularly good in managing and handling engineer.
In a short-span of few years when he head ST Electronics, he help the company to achieve billion $ company.
And he turn around ST Kinetics and ST Marine - when they are not doing well.
Like · Reply · Just now
Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
He subsequently rise to become the Deputy President of ST Engineering.
Together with top management in ST Engineering, there are few hundred companies formed globally - and has become multi-billion dollars conglomerate.
Like · Reply · Just now
Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
Notably, he has helped to setup and build the 1st satellite company for Singapore.
Like · Reply · Just now
Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
ST Engineering has become a respectable defense contractor for Singapore.
Among many local build engineering products are the :-
(1) Reowned local build warhog - that is praise and own by the British army.
(2) Locally build Bionix, self-propelled howitzer
(3) Locally build SAR-21 rifle
(4) Locally build ACMS (Advanced Combat Manned System)
(5) Locally build stealth frigate
and many others....
Like · Reply · Just now
Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
In fact, ST Electronics has locally build some MRT system - that are used by Taiwan Metro MRT.
Like · Reply · Just now
Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
ST Engineering has the largest number of engineers in Singapore.
Give him sometimes, he will help to build a core of respectable engineers in SMRT.
Like · Reply · Just now
Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
Ah forget to mention that our reowned Terrex is also build by ST Engineering - specifically ST Kinetics.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
US Marine Corps bought the Terrex.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
Putting such a man to be Chairman of SMRT, you think SMRT cannot revamp?
Like · Reply · Just now
Ricky Lim · Singapore
Seah Moon Ming leave ST Engineering in 2013 as he was called up to look into clean energy LNG to reinforce our Energy Hub due to a slump in oil price and need to look at clean energy.
In a short span of 4 years, he has build up a respectable supply chain and value chain of suppliers and customers - globally and regionally in Pavilion Energy that reinforce our position as energy hub.
Seah Moon Ming is a rare business and management talent.
However he cannot work alone and he is good at building a strong management team and a good core of engineers to help him succeed.
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Ricky Lim ·
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25 Jan 2018 04:28PM (Updated: 25 Jan 2018 08:37PM)
Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
For the last month plus, it seems like there are no major MRT hiccups and is stabilising - it seems that the maintenance is bearing fruits.
Personnel changes should not be made - as it seems like things are going on the right track.
It took a long while to come this far - and this right momentum should continue.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
It span 3 Ministers to come this far - and seems likely finally the "sun" is emerging from darkness.
Anyone who handle this - going through the arduous task of stabilising it - will be "KIA". It take alot of courage and men of steel to undertake this "kamikaze mission".
Thus when now things are getting right and stabilising --- should not disrupt this momentum.
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Ricky Lim · Singapore
Never change a General - when the tide of battles turn into our favor.
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25 Jan 2018 04:28PM (Updated: 25 Jan 2018 08:37PM)
Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
For the last month plus, it seems like there are no major MRT hiccups and is stabilising - it seems that the maintenance is bearing fruits.
Personnel changes should not be made - as it seems like things are going on the right track.
It took a long while to come this far - and this right momentum should continue.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
It span 3 Ministers to come this far - and seems likely finally the "sun" is emerging from darkness.
Anyone who handle this - going through the arduous task of stabilising it - will be "KIA". It take alot of courage and men of steel to undertake this "kamikaze mission".
Thus when now things are getting right and stabilising --- should not disrupt this momentum.
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Ricky Lim · Singapore
Never change a General - when the tide of battles turn into our favor.
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Right strategy, Right people, Right processes ....... everything will work.
Fewer train delays in 2017 despite major incidents that 'shook public confidence': SMRT
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SINGAPORE: SMRT trains travelled further with fewer delays in 2017 compared to the year before, said SMRT at a press conference on Wednesday (Mar 28).
For the North-South Line (NSL), mean-kilometre between failure (MKBF), which measures delays of more than five minutes, has doubled from 156,000km in December 2016 to 336,000km in December 2017.
In the same period, the MKBF for the East-West Line (EWL) increased from 145,000km to 278,000km, while the Circle Line’s (CCL) MKBF increased from 228,000km to 523,000km.
For the first two months of this year, SMRT said that the MKBF for NSL and CCL has already exceeded next year’s target of 600,000km and credits this to the completion of sleeper and third rail replacement as well as the stabilisation of the new Communications-based Train Control (CBTC) signalling system.
The EWL is expected to catch up after it settles into the new signalling system, which will be fast-tracked to be implemented by June instead of end-2018, said SMRT.
“The reliability statistics show steady improvement especially in the last two to three years. But we acknowledge that they do not seem to square with commuters’ experience on the North-South and East-West Lines last year,” said Mr Desmond Kuek, president and Group CEO of SMRT.
“This is because of project-related disruptions faced between May to October in the implementation of the new CBTC signalling system. This data is not captured in the MKBF numbers because MKBF data is used for comparing the intrinsic reliability of the network from year to year, without the temporal and possibly distortive effect of short-term projects,” Mr Kuek added.
SMRT said that a majority of faults caused by the new CBTC were caused by a loss of train-to-trackside signal. When this happens, emergency brakes immediately kick in as a safety precaution. The affected train has to be reset causing an initial delay.
More software patches and hardware changes will continue to be made in the coming months, before SMRT moves entirely onto the new CBTC system at the end of May 2018.
GETTING TO ZERO TRAIN INCIDENTS
Mr Kuek said that the organisation is “gunning for zero safety breaches and zero delays of more than 30 minutes” but did not indicate a timeline as to when SMRT will realise this target.
However, SMRT has set the target of achieving 1 million in MKBF by 2020. Calling this a "bold" target, Mr Kuek said this works out to an average of less than one delay lasting more than five minutes each month, based on the estimation that trains on the NSL travel about 900,000km a month.
Two incidents in 2017, Mr Kuek said, shook public confidence in train safety and reliability - flooding in the Bishan-Braddell tunnel and a collision at Joo Koon MRT station.
“Both incidents were most regrettable, and gave us cause to pause, reflect on shortcomings and resolve to do better to address underlying discipline and process issues that led to the breaches,” he said.
Last year, there were nine incidents that lasted more than 30 mins, excluding CBTC-related delays. This is three fewer than in 2016, SMRT said.
“Our goal is to reduce any delay to less than five minutes and in the worst, ensure that it does not last longer than 30 minutes. It is these major incidents, lasting longer than 30 minutes that we must strenuously avoid,” Mr Kuek said.
Mr Kuek also said that SMRT will continue to disclose "salient developments" in the company despite being privatised in November 2016. Its group review of 2017, released online this week, showed a 68 per cent plunge in earnings.
Source: CNA/hm(hm)
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