Measures planned to ease congestion at Outram Park MRT station linkway: LTA
By Nigel Chin
01 Feb 2018 05:11PM (Updated: 01 Feb 2018 06:12PM)
SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will be working closely with train operators SMRT and SBS Transit to ease the crowd congestion at the linkway between the East-West Line (EWL) and North-East Line (NEL) at Outram Park MRT station.
A number of measures, such as installing additional directional signs, segregating the commuter flow in both directions with barricades and deploying marshals during peak hours will be implemented by next week, an LTA spokesperson said on Thursday (Feb 1) in response to queries from Channel NewsAsia.
Over the past two weeks, Channel NewsAsia has received reports of congestion at the linkway. Photos sent in by readers showed the 300m-long linkway packed with commuters.
A commuter who wanted to be known as Mr Lim told Channel NewsAsia last Friday that he experienced the jam a few days that week at about 6.30pm.
"I was easily stuck at that short path of the (linkway) for five to 10 minutes," said Mr Lim, 33. Hoarding can be seen blocking a section of the linkway in photos taken by him.
The congestion during peak hour on Jan 26 at the Outram Park MRT Station linkway between the East-West Line and North-East line. (Photo: Mr J Lim)
Some commuters also posted on Twitter about the jam at the linkway. One user, Eduard Pinos, tweeted at 7pm on Wednesday that there was "no movement" as the linkway was "completely blocked with people".
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Why now LTA and SMRT never report about service disruptions ?