JOHOR BARU: A Singapore cabinet minister admitted the collision involving two Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) trains yesterday has further tested the public’s perception of the republic’s rail transport system. Shanmugam’s comment came several hours after the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) cited a software problem on one of the two trains involved as the cause of the collision. However, Shanmugam said he was confident that his colleague, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan would “sort things out” as the latter had been making strides since helming the transport ministry more than two years ago. But from a public perspective, all that hard work, good work, has been affected by the recent serious incidents,” Shanmugam said. The removal of this feature resulted in the first train giving off a train profile on the new signalling system as a three-car train instead of a six-car train.

Source: New Strait Times November 16, 2017 06:45 UTC