Premier Taxis to raise fare

Source: CNA

SINGAPORE: Expect to pay more for your taxi ride from next week.

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Budget 2011: More train trips, more buses to ease the squeeze

Source: CNA

SINGAPORE: The Transport Ministry has announced further moves to ease the load on the public transport system.

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Woodleigh MRT Station to open on June 20

Source: CNA

SINGAPORE : SBS Transit has said that Woodleigh, the last unopened station along the North East Line, will begin revenue service on Monday June 20, thanks to an increase in new developments that have come up in the area.

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French visitor impressed by Singapore's transport system

Source: CNA

SINGAPORE: French Secretary of State for Transport Thierry Mariani says he is impressed by Singapore's efficient transportation system.

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2 LRT trains collide in Philippine capital

Source: ANN

Two trains of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 collided Friday morning near SM North Edsa and broke a portion of the yellow emergency walkway that fell on a taxi cruising below along Edsa in Quezon City, Manila.

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Train, bus depots to get security boost

Source: CNA

SINGAPORE: The Public Transport Security Review which was undertaken after the Changi Depot train graffiti incident in May

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All train services on KTM lines restored

Source:  CNA

SINGAPORE: After nearly a week of disruptions due to floods in Malaysia, commuters from Singapore are now able to travel by train to Kuala Lumpur.

The Malaysian Railway (KTM) said all affected services have been restored and are operating normally.

But while departure times have not been affected, commuters can still expect delays in their arrival times, by more than 30 minutes.

KTM said the trains will still need to slow down at certain stretches where works to repair the damaged tracks have just been completed.

Train services on KTM's southern and eastern sectors were disrupted following floods on January 30.

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Cebu Pacific to hire 75 pilots, 200 cabin crew for 5-year expansion

Source: PDI

MANILA, Philippines – Gokongwei-led budget carrier Cebu Pacific is hiring hundreds of new employees to support its expansion plans for the next five years.

In a statement, the company said it would “offer high-paying jobs to key positions as it moves forward with its expansion plans in Asia.” This would be the company’s biggest recruitment campaign to date.

The airline said it would hire 75 new pilots to man its fleet of Airbus A320 jets and ATR turbo-prop aircraft. More than 200 new cabin crew, 10 mechanics and engineers and 20 ground support crew in the various fields of cargo, airport services, accounting, information systems and human resources are also being hired.

“It is an exciting and fun time for the airline as it proceeds with its expansion plans and takes delivery of 20 more brand-new Airbus A320 aircraft from 2011-2014. We look forward to welcoming more people into the Cebu Pacific family,” said Cebu Pacific vice president for marketing and distribution Candice Iyog.

The airline has received four brand-new Airbus A320 aircraft from October 2010 to January 2011.

“Cebu Pacific has created more than 4,000 jobs with an annual payroll of over P2 billion. It has created 500 jobs in the last year alone. We are proud to provide high-paying jobs to Filipinos and keep them close to their families,” she added.

Iyog said interested and qualified applicants could attend the airline’s recruitment event at Hotel Intercontinental Manila on Feb. 11-12, 2011.

One-day processing recruitment campaigns will also be held at PATTS College of Aeronautics on Feb. 9 and the Philippine State College of Aeronautics on March 2, with others to follow, according to Iyog.

“Those applying for flight crew [pilot] positions must embody Cebu Pacific’s culture of fun, should have a college degree and basic computer literacy and a minimum of 500 hours on civil registered transport aircraft certificated on multi-crew operations,” the company said.

Meanwhile, qualifications for being flight attendants include a “dynamic personality,” a minimum height of 5’ 3,” weight that is proportional to height, clear complexion and good eyesight, among others.

The first low-cost carrier in Asia, Cebu Pacific currently operates more than 260 flights daily to 16 international cities and 33 domestic destinations. It flew almost 10.5 million passengers in 2010, exceeding targets with a 19-percent increase over the 2009 figures. Its international passengers also grew 38 percent in 2010.

This comes amid the labor woes of Philippine Airlines (PAL), Cebu Pacific’s main rival.

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Four new MRT stations for Tuas West extension

SOURCE: CNA

SINGAPORE: Four new MRT stations will be built in Tuas in the next five years, offering greater convenience to commuters.

They are part of the S$3.5b Tuas West Extension project first announced under the Land Transport Masterplan in 2008.

Transport Minister Raymond Lim, who visited the Bedok MRT station on Tuesday, also revealed that the Circle Line will be fully open by the fourth quarter of this year.

The Tuas West Extension will be 7.5km long and it will begin after Joo Koon Station. The four new stations are at Tuas along Tuas Road; Tuas Crescent along Pioneer Road; Tuas West near Tuas Avenue 12 and Tuas Link located just outside Raffles Marina Country Club.

Mr Lim said: "When completed, it will improve accessibility and connectivity for people who work in the Jurong and Tuas industrial areas. The Tuas West Extension will help commuters save more than half their current travelling time when they commute to these areas.

"For instance, it takes about 35 minutes to travel by bus from Boon Lay Bus Interchange to Tuas West today. This will take only 15 minutes via MRT when the line is opened."

The project will also see a first in Singapore - the construction of a road viaduct along Pioneer Road that is integrated with the rail extension.

The 4-kilometre long and 3-lane viaduct will run along Pioneer Road to join Tuas South Avenue 3 with a 2.4-kilometre stretch of the road integrated within the rail viaduct. It aims to reduce congestion in the surrounding Tuas West area.

LTA's group director for engineering, Paul Fok, said: "There is going to be a lot of development in the Tuas West industrial area, so there is a need to increase the road capacity going towards the west. This viaduct is actually unique because we are stacking the rail viaduct on top of the road viaduct. That means we are saving quite a lot of land."

But some 49 plots and nine properties will have to make way for the project. The areas affected are along the Pan Island Expressway, Joo Koon Circle, Tuas Road, Pioneer Road, Tuas West Road, Tuas South Avenue 3 and Tuas West Drive.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) had previous planned for the Tuas West Extension to have only three stations. But after studies were concluded, it decided to include an additional station so that more commuters will be directly served by the MRT system.

The LTA will also be building another much larger MRT depot to cater to more trains that will ply the North-South and East-West lines. Spanning some 26 hectares, the depot will be able to house some 60 trains.

Thirteen more trains will be added for the extension.

There's also good news about the Circle Line. The last stretch of 12 stations from Marymount to HarbourFront - which includes Holland Village and Caldecott stations - will open this year.

Sixteen more trains will also be added to meet an increase in ridership. This will increase the total fleet of Circle Line trains by 40%.

The trains are scheduled to arrive around 2015.

On the safety aspect, LTA says that to date it has completed the installation of half-height platform screen doors on 11 elevated MRT stations.

Two stations - Bedok and Paya Lebar - began operations of the screen doors on Tuesday morning.

LTA says it is on track to complete the installation of the screen doors on the East-West Line by the third quarter of the year and for the North-South Line, by 2012.

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