A Singapore MRT WTF

The Singapore MRT has to be one of the best public rail transport systems in the world (I fancy the Tokyo train/subway system as well - the fare adjustment machine is one of those “since sliced bread” ideas), but they still have room to screw up in a Daily WTF-worthy way.

This sign at Raffles Place MRT used to show train arrival times:

MRT signboard rebooting


It’s been there for about 3 days, was still there when I checked this morning.

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Markus's Gravatar

Give them a fine! :-)

Posted by: Markus on March 16, 2007 4pm

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JC's Gravatar

Which station is it anyway?

Posted by: JC on March 16, 2007 6pm

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Daniel's Gravatar

JC: L2read.

Posted by: Daniel on March 16, 2007 7pm

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Harish Mallipeddi's Gravatar

fare adjustment machine?

Posted by: Harish Mallipeddi on March 17, 2007 2am

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Poedhz's Gravatar

Three days? Either the station is using a very archaic machine that takes 3 days to reboot or they have completely missed the fact that it’s stuck.

These occurrences, however, are not uncommon. Saw something similar (showing command line prompt) in Sommerset several months back.

Posted by: Poedhz on March 17, 2007 11pm

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Gary's Gravatar

I once saw the same sign with [A]bort, [R]etry, [I]gnore? That one had me LOL’ing.

Posted by: Gary on March 21, 2007 8am

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