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Kangadrool

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maybe got sponge bob below the wooden sleeper for better sleep, secured with none other than cable ties.  :XD:

 

Wood is not only very expensive, but difficult to get now.

 

This is surely a lot less expensive than the 5 yrs problem with track fault that they seems clueless and still never admit that they haven't found the root cause of problem. They already spend money replacing wooden sleeper with concrete one, that a lot of money.

There are some items that are built that way with the certain material. If we change the material to a completely different property, it must at least put through scientific research and not because they feel it's better, they feel it is stronger and decided to go ahead and change. It's not the way it works. Sometimes they may get away with it while other times things may get worst.

The wooden sleeper in the tracks had been on tracks been donkey of years since early 1900s.. So it's more then 100 years history that the train track had been using the wooden sleeper. All these while so many other tracks that are longer in service then our current mrt track and have no problems. So what makes them think that it is the wooden sleeper problem? It seems like that like to anyhow hamtam and give reasons why changing to concrete would solve the track problem. Olden train are all made of metal and they all are super heavy, wooden sleeper still able to take the load with no problem.

If let's say the team had done extensive research and found that concrete sleeper is better then wooden one then fine. I really mean extensive research.. Those research will take a few years, did smrt go through that process before deciding that concrete sleeper is better then wooden one?

Differences between wood vs concrete.

wood:
More flexible
Absorb vibration better
Absorb more water.

Concrete:
Super hard
Does not adsorb vibration well
Does not absorb water well.

See both are totally different properties of compound.. Will that cause more issue in long run? No one knows..

 

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Ktglfc

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There are no breakdowns on the MRT this morning (as of this moment).

 

ALL PRAISE KBW AND DK!

 

 

Heard from some that there are Train service disrupts along North-South Line from Yew Tee to Jurong ... not sure whether true or not as there are no announcement from media ...

 

Anyone can clarify ?

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Karoon

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Heard from some that there are Train service disrupts along North-South Line from Yew Tee to Jurong ... not sure whether true or not as there are no announcement from media ...

 

Anyone can clarify ?

Heard train fault announcement on platform at JE mrt. Didnt pay attention though. Passing through.
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Kusje

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Heard from some that there are Train service disrupts along North-South Line from Yew Tee to Jurong ... not sure whether true or not as there are no announcement from media ...

 

Anyone can clarify ?

 

Paiseh.

 

Honest mistake on my part. I thought nothing reported on CNA means no breakdowns liao.

 

Let's move on  [laugh]

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13177

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Heard from some that there are Train service disrupts along North-South Line from Yew Tee to Jurong ... not sure whether true or not as there are no announcement from media ...

 

Anyone can clarify ?

Think that stretch from yew tee to jurong east and joo koon to clementi always have problems, and until now they still could not solve the issue?!  [thumbsdown]

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Weez911

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Paiseh.

 

Honest mistake on my part. I thought nothing reported on CNA means no breakdowns liao.

 

Let's move on  [laugh]

 

Kusje, those stuck on the delayed train will curse you upon reading your previous post  [laugh]  [laugh]

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Ktglfc

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Kusje, those stuck on the delayed train will curse you upon reading your previous post  [laugh]  [laugh]

 

 

They wont curse lah... cos it is quite common nowadays liao :D

 

Hopefully not signal problems again ... else malu leh ...

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Playtime

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This is surely a lot less expensive than the 5 yrs problem with track fault that they seems clueless and still never admit that they haven't found the root cause of problem. They already spend money replacing wooden sleeper with concrete one, that a lot of money.

 

There are some items that are built that way with the certain material. If we change the material to a completely different property, it must at least put through scientific research and not because they feel it's better, they feel it is stronger and decided to go ahead and change. It's not the way it works. Sometimes they may get away with it while other times things may get worst.

 

The wooden sleeper in the tracks had been on tracks been donkey of years since early 1900s.. So it's more then 100 years history that the train track had been using the wooden sleeper. All these while so many other tracks that are longer in service then our current mrt track and have no problems. So what makes them think that it is the wooden sleeper problem? It seems like that like to anyhow hamtam and give reasons why changing to concrete would solve the track problem. Olden train are all made of metal and they all are super heavy, wooden sleeper still able to take the load with no problem.

 

If let's say the team had done extensive research and found that concrete sleeper is better then wooden one then fine. I really mean extensive research.. Those research will take a few years, did smrt go through that process before deciding that concrete sleeper is better then wooden one?

 

Differences between wood vs concrete.

 

wood:

More flexible

Absorb vibration better

Absorb more water.

 

Concrete:

Super hard

Does not adsorb vibration well

Does not absorb water well.

 

See both are totally different properties of compound.. Will that cause more issue in long run? No one knows..

Iirc.

The wooden sleepers used elsewhere are solid pieces of wood that after decades of use are even recycled into solid furniture. Ho liao type material.

 

The "wooden" sleepers mrt used were actually made from compressed wood chips?

They defended the use of those material when questioned and said it's not an issue and they changed to concrete type due to normal wear and tear.

 

But who knows..

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Kopites

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Iirc.

The wooden sleepers used elsewhere are solid pieces of wood that after decades of use are even recycled into solid furniture. Ho liao type material.

 

The "wooden" sleepers mrt used were actually made from compressed wood chips?

They defended the use of those material when questioned and said it's not an issue and they changed to concrete type due to normal wear and tear.

 

But who knows..

One ikea wood..the other coffin wood. Which one more reliable?
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13177

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Yesterday news on tv reported train disruption on NEL, didnt report the train disruption at yew tee to jurong east. So yesterday two disruption!  [shakehead]

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