Originally posted by sbst275:
Ok
No one would go and design mulit tracks for a metro system simply because only 1 route would use it at 1 time
Unlike those intercity, at 1 time there can be 4 or 5 trains travelling to different end destinations but right here, Tampines side only EWL is using at one time and it'll always be only ONE...
No engineer in their clear mind would go and build an unecessary complicated system for nothing which would end up costly to maintain
Since you have a knack for complicating situations which demand simplicity, let me say again:
It is close to improbable that SMRT will conceive a supplementary line now. Had they done so at the inital inception of such a train line, it would have provided them options now.
Having said that, for the overland tracks heading towards the city, it is still possible to expand the system to factor in additonal tracks and carriages to offset the high commuter traffic. It is however, nigh impossible to extend that into the underground system now, because of the on-going construction of the circle line, and high capital outlay to finance such a venture at this stage.
The only option left is to increase the number of trains to service peak hours, increase the frequency between trains and practice 'station-hopping' to ensure alternate trains have sufficient vacancy for commuters.
These methods, will eventually max out because of the sheer numbers and the physical limitations of the existing line. The only other option left to SMRT, will be to provide parallel lines leading into the station. Such a plan will effectively split the commuting traffic between the two lines, possibly reducing jam-packed trains and solving the issue in the long run. But at considerable costs, and possibly more price hikes to the public.
Another issue is signal, do you how complicating would it go to?
Should our people be constrained by complex algorithms? We want to be #1, yet when push comes to shove, we shrink back when faced with these challenges.
We have managed to introduce pilotless trains into service; can complex signal change be any more complicated?