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| Serangoon MRT, transit area |
This picture is taken at the transit area between the Northeast Line and Circle Line. What's the point of building two narrow travellators when the corridor is so huge? Why not just build wider travellators which can allow three people to walk abreast? So much space is wasted in the middle, and one person can easily hog up the whole travellator.
Lorong Chuan MRT
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| Lorong Chuan MRT |
Another flawed design. The station has two exits. People coming in from exit A (left of the picture) are forced to use the lift to reach the platform. If not, they would have to go one big round, almost reaching exit B (far end of the picture), in order to take the escalator. Why not just build an escalator or a staircase for people accessing from exit A? A staircase should make more economical sense too (assuming no architectural issues).
Now on the lift. There are two gantries there (refer to picture), and both are two-directional. This means that when the lift arrives and you fail to reach the gantry before the people coming out of the lift, you will have to wait outside while everyone exits using both gantries. And of course, while waiting, chances are that someone else presses the lift downstairs, so the lift goes down without carrying anyone. And what comes naturally is that the train would come while you are fuming and waiting for the lift to come up again (I know I do).
The solution is simple. Since people who exit the lift do not have to rush to catch the next train, why not just set one gantry to one-direction only for people who are entering? In this way, people entering the gantry can catch the lift while it is still there. This saves time for commuters and electricity - the lift does not have to make a wasted trip down carrying no one.
Alternatively, just add one more gantry there instead of two, so two gantries can be one-directional (in opposite directions) while the wider gantry for disabled passengers can remain two-directional.
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