Tag: SMRT
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
An SMRT bus driver meets a Pathlight student on the train. Then a Facebook post goes viral
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SINGAPORE: SMRT bus captain Shandran Shederen Raman, 53, was taking the train to work last Tuesday afternoon (Apr 7) when a boy wearing a green-and-blue Pathlight School uniform hopped over to sit next to him. The student, 12-year-old Theodore Tan, didn’t bother that the Downtown Line train was mostly empty. He had a question for
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 10, 2020
COVID-19: SMRT reviewing safe distancing on buses; notice on passenger limits was put up ‘prematurely’
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SINGAPORE: SMRT is still in discussion with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) about specific measures to limit passengers on its buses, as part of stricter safe-distancing measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, the operator said on Friday (Apr 10). This comes after a notice made its rounds on social media stating that from Friday, bus captains will limit the number
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Bus driver tests positive for COVID-19, vehicles and premises ‘thoroughly cleaned and disinfected’: SMRT
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SINGAPORE: An SMRT bus driver has been hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19, the transport operator said on Thursday (Apr 2). The bus driver was last at work on Mar 27 operating service 972, said president of SMRT Road Holdings Tan Kian Heong in a statement. Advertisement Advertisement “His rest day was Mar 28. He
