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Another 350 train trips will be added from noon to 2.30pm on the North-South line between Ang Mo Kio (above) and Marina Bay MRT station and on the East-West Line between Aljunied and Outram Park stations. -- PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER
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COMMUTERS can enjoy less crowded train rides and shorter waiting times when SMRT starts running 700 more train trips from Tuesday.
This is on top of the 83 additional train trips it introduced in February this year during the peak hours.
Most of the extra trips will benefit the weekday lunchtime crowd.
Another 350 train trips will be added from noon to 2.30pm on the North-South line between Ang Mo Kio and Marina Bay MRT station and on the East-West Line between Aljunied and Outram Park stations.
This will cut waiting time by half to 3.5 minutes, said a statement from the SMRT on Friday.
To ease the morning and evening crush, SMRT will add about 40 more services a week just before and after the peak periods.
For example, the morning southbound service will have one extra train trip between 7.30am and 8am, while the evening southbound service will have three extra services between 6.45pm and 7.45pm.
Commuters who take the train after the evening rush hours will have a shorter wait.
From Mondays to Thursdays, SMRT will add slightly more than 100 more trips a week from 8.15pm to 10.30pm.
SMRT is also putting in 40 extra trips on the North-South and East-West line from 6.45pm to 11.30pm when commuters are out and about on Friday nights.
From June 21, SMRT will inject 172 more services a week on weekends.
SMRT said the extra trips will cost it $5 million a year but the cost will not be passed on to commuters.
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