News Analysis - Is there a better, more holistic way to track the health of Singapore’s MRT system?


The massive breakdown that crippled rail services between Jurong East and Buona Vista stations for six days in late September affected about 2.6 million passengers. - Photo: ST

SINGAPORE: In the 12 months ending in September, trains on the East-West MRT Line (EWL) travelled an average of about 2.03 million train-km between delays of more than five minutes.

This is down from about 3.36 million train-km between delays that the 57km line recorded in 2023, based on the latest rail reliability figures published by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Thursday (Nov 22).

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