http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/smrt-fined-s16m-preventable-disruptions?singlepage=true
Two years after being hit with a record S$2 million fine, train operator SMRT has been penalised to the tune of S$1.6 million, this time for a series of miscues that were mostly down to human error.
SBS Transit, meanwhile, was fined S$50,000 for a 40-minute disruption on March 21, caused by carelessness during maintenance works during service hours.
The fines announced by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) yesterday were for four incidents that took place between October last year and May. In two of the incidents — one on Oct 9 last year and one on Jan 22 — SMRT’s drivers ran the red signals, bringing services to a halt.
In both cases, SMRT’s Operations Control Centre (OCC) had failed to spot the drivers’ infringement and did not stop the trains before they damaged the tracks.
The LTA fined SMRT S$400,000 for the Oct 9 incident, and S$900,000 for the Jan 22 incident.
In both incidents, the trains were taken off the automatic mode and were under manual control, which is done only if there is a fault, such as signalling problems. Under this mode, the OCC is expected to exercise close supervision over train movements, which did not happen.
The maximum fine is S$1 million or 10 per cent of the annual fare revenue of a rail line, whichever is higher, for incidents after March 25.
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