Wei Kiat's Blog

After standing on the MRT for 40 minutes from Ang Mo Kio MRT to Chua Chu Kang MRT station, I rushed along with the rest of the Singaporeans to the LRT. The platform was packed. Really packed. Even when a LRT train came, and commuters filled it up, I still could not get onto the train, and the station was as packed as before. And the poor LRT that came? It was so full that in guy in green in the photo below was "hit" by the door twice when the LRT attempt to close its door. Save for the little air space above the commuters' head, the train was literally overflowing.

 

 

Another train came and arrive at the opposite platform. Since LRT at Chua Chu Kang station leave in the same direction, I hurried over to the next platform to board the train. Eyeing a spot where there is relatively few people and which will grantee me a seat, I stood there waiting for the door to open. The commuters in the train also stood up and stood by the doors, waiting to alight.

 

And so we waited.

 

And waited.

 

And waited.

 

The doors refused to open. After about 5~10 minutes, a technician arrived and opened the doors manually. After the commuters already in the train alight, I entered the train and sat down.

 

And I waited.

 

And waited.

 

And waited.

 

The train refused to move, even after the door closed. The technician took out his keys and opened the control panel. He pressed a switch and the driverless LRT began to move - with a driver.