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Thursday 17 November 2016

The Singapore MRT

If the Singaporean MRT isn't the best underground rail system in the world, then I would like to see what is. With the British influences in Singapore, I'm guessing their MRT is modeled on the London underground.


The rail system is new unlike the London underground or Berlin U-Bahn, the carriages are all interconnected and the system is driver-less. As a passenger, you are able to wander up to the leading carriage and watch your progression through the tunnels. During the non-peak times, you are able to glance down the carriages to view the train powering along through the tunnels also - it is kind of fun.

The platforms are shielded preventing anybody from falling down on the tracks, that rules out suicides too. The train comes to a halt with the carriage doors opening before the main doors, the floors are marked to position commuters so all inbound passengers wait to the side causing no congestion to departing passengers, free WiFi runs throughout the MRT system - everything about the Singaporean MRT is great.

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