News| Free off-peak MRT, LRT rides for commuters in north-east S'pore from Dec 27 to ease morning crowds

[boredom2012]

not meant for office hours folks. Hopefully will discourage more people from not taking trains during these two hours

Lol for maids and foreign worker

 

[euro2012]

They should just raise the fares during peak hours. That's what they do best.

Free rides are counter productive

that will be daylight robbery.. its like asking people don’t go office work 9-6

 

[Woof24]

Free 个屁 ...

 

[matrix05]

nothing is free. it was factored into the recent fare increment.

Money going to come from brown, red, green, yellow line. Cannot be drop from sky

 

[iceblendedchoc]

Lol for maids and foreign worker

can take train at 9am all the way to joo koon or changi free for them

 

[doogyhatts]

Shiok for those living in Hougang. Have to beat the 7:30 or 9:00-9:45 timings.

 

[Ev0d3vil]

Pic from AsiaOne

they take bus everyday meh?

 

[Ethan_]

Why not islandwide?

 

[euro2012]

Why not islandwide?

maybe thats their way of saying sorrie for the NEL and sk-pungol LRT saga recently??

 

[Lchlch]

Why east west dnt hv?

 

[062692J]

Nothing is free, taking from other lines to offset

 

[エステ好きな野郎]

where got free?
please lah papaya

 

[Visor9999]

Why not islandwide?

Benefits for WP territories and pap punngol

 

[megaweb]

In SG, anything free cannot enjoy comfortably. There will be more crowds and less frequency.

 

[Joseph12]

• Free rail rides will be offered from selected NEL stations and the SPLRT before 7.30am or between 9am and 9.45am on weekdays, starting Dec 27.
• The Travel Smart Journeys programme's eligibility criteria will be removed and rebates tweaked, with five new City Direct Services by mid-December 2025.
• Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow announced the plans to ease morning peak travel, alongside the official opening of the Punggol Coast Bus Interchange.

Passengers in Singapore’s north-east will soon not pay anything for their first rail ride, if they tap in at six stations on the North East Line (NEL) or the Sengkang-Punggol LRT (SPLRT) system during morning off-peak hours.

This is part of the Government’s latest push to reduce train congestion during the morning rush hour.

From Dec 27, the free rides will apply to passengers who enter the NEL’s Punggol Coast, Punggol, Sengkang, Buangkok, Hougang or Kovan stations or the SPLRT before 7.30am, or between 9am and 9.45am on weekdays, excluding public holidays.

It will also be easier to join the Travel Smart Journeys (TSJ) programme - an existing rewards scheme encouraging north-east passengers to change their travel modes or times to avoid the morning peak.

The move to nudge passengers to avoid the rush hour via free train rides is meant to ease the load on the crowded NEL so that other commuters will see “fewer missed trains”, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Oct 18.

Announcing the moves at Punggol Coast Bus Interchange on the same day, Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow said it will operate as a pilot scheme for at least a year and the results will be evaluated.

Passengers do not need to register for the free rail rides, as long as they tap in and out using the same fare card or payment mode, said LTA.

The authority told The Straits Times the Government will fund the scheme fully, and that it will not contribute to future fare increases. The cost of the scheme will depend on the extent passengers adjust their travel patterns, LTA said.

It is also separate from the upcoming public transport fare changes announced recently, added LTA.

Continue reading: https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...east-spore-from-dec-27-to-ease-morning-crowds

Haha

IN SIN CERITY

I would think people go to work at 8 am and be at office at 9 am
Not leave home at 9 am

 

[TrueB1ue]

Election so fast come already..... 5 years already passed

 

[DulanMax]

so tell your boss to start work at 10am cos you want to take MRT at 9am (not crowded)?

maybe can ask LTA civil servants to set example to take MRT at 9am and reach office only at 10am.

Maybe LTA civil servants already doing that, that's why public transport is so terrible

 

[xdivider]

Those few area identified are slums bcos people there cannot afford cats and had to flood MRT

potong pasir isnt really too wealthy either. little india has one of the biggest passenger flow.....

 

[kuti-kuti]

How come not included NSL and TEL?

 

[articland05]

this machiam like ERP for MRT.
just the other way round: give u free rides on off peak instead of higher fares for peak