Track intrusions and suicides

Dear Mr. Tan,
I searched on other cases of wastage of public funds by the government. Here is what i found from the internet. I think the government should have spent the money building the half-height platform screen doors in a better manner.

It seems 'about 20 to 30 cases of track intrusions' are 'occurring for each of the past few years'. I wonder if anyone has statistics about how many track intrusions happened before the past few years?

Maybe the opposition parties can have an inquiry on the true number of suicides in Singapore, interview the coroners in Singapore. It seems there are so many so-called 'track intrusions' which are actually suicides or suicide attempts which have gone unnoticed by the average Singaporean.

Spa Victim


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Date of Reply : 27/10/2010
Reply : Dear Sir/Madam,

Installing Half-Height Platform Screen Doors (HHPSD) at elevated stations eliminate system downtimes caused by accidental track intrusions. HHPSD are found to be the most reliable, proactive and cost effective way to reduce the overall levels of track intrusion and thus significantly increase passenger safety at the station platform.

Although there are warning signs to discourage track intrusions and there are also in-station announcements to remind passengers to stand behind the yellow line, there are still about 20 to 30 cases of track intrusions occurring for each of the past few years. These have caused train service disruptions and affected the travelling of other commuters. The provision of HHPSD will reduce significantly train service disruption caused by unintended track intrusion.


Land Transport Authority