MRT vs. MTR

[GasJunkie]

Lavender station?????

[batang_raon14]

My apologies if I declared our MRT as the worst. Perhaps may bias nga ako sa home country. Hehe

So far I've only rode railways on Germany, Singapore, and in the US (US during non-rush hours lang). Kaya nadeclare ko ung MRT natin as the worst eh thru own opinion lang. Sorry po uli.

Still, shocking to know about India's railway... 0_0

[KoKoNAT]

Singpore's rail system ay OK din. Squeaky clean, on-time ang dating ng mga trains medyo nag-aamoy curry nga lang sa loob pag dating sa certain station.

That's on ordinary days. Try catching the SMRT on an Indian holiday like Deepavali. hehehe... Teka last week lang yun ah. Anyone in Singapore who would like to share that experience?

[Alpha_One]

My apologies if I declared our MRT as the worst. Perhaps may bias nga ako sa home country. Hehe

Well the EDSA MRT really is terrible! I mean the layout of the stations and actually of the thing itself doesn't make a lot of sense... for example why are Ayala and Buendia stations "sunken" but aren't actually underground?! Even the LRT1 is better at this. LRT2 maganda siyempre napaka-efficient ng layout ng stations (get past the turnstiles THEN pick which direction you're heading).

[Isuzoom]

Hindi Handicap friendly ang lahat na stations

[nicolodeon]

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for example why are Ayala and Buendia stations "sunken" but aren't actually underground?!

Answer: Because them "alta de sociedad" folks who live in the posh villages along that stretch did not want the train to pass overhead because people would see their houses. According to them, they only have the security of their village in mind - people who ride the MRT (if the track on that stretch would be an overhead track) might hatch an idea to "do their homes harm".

In Tagalog, sila ay natakot kase baka daw pag isipan nakawan o kaya gawan sila ng masama. I'm not making this up - this is true. AFAIK, they even filed case in court against constructing the Buendia-Ayala stretch of the MRT as an overhead section and against the same stretch being on ground level - and they won.

Their...their...."concern" actually delayed the construction of the railway by nearly a year.

[oldblue]

damn rich folks

[GasJunkie]

Faux poor FTW

[Alpha_One]

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Answer: Because them "alta de sociedad" folks who live in the posh villages along that stretch did not want the train to pass overhead because people would see their houses. According to them, they only have the security of their village in mind - people who ride the MRT (if the track on that stretch would be an overhead track) might hatch an idea to "do their homes harm".

In Tagalog, sila ay natakot kase baka daw pag isipan nakawan o kaya gawan sila ng masama. I'm not making this up - this is true. AFAIK, they even filed case in court against constructing the Buendia-Ayala stretch of the MRT as an overhead section and against the same stretch being on ground level - and they won.

Their...their...."concern" actually delayed the construction of the railway by nearly a year.

Alam ko. Ang punto eh bakit hindi na nila ginawang proper subway, ala Katipunan station?

[theveed]

cost... di hamak mas mahal ang mag underground station kesa sa elevated...

[Alpha_One]

cost... di hamak mas mahal ang mag underground station kesa sa elevated...

That's what I'm banging on about, actually - there was TOO MUCH cost cutting sa MRT. The layout of most of the stations do not make sense. Why do I have to climb an overpass *above* to get to the other side? Why are the Ayala station platforms tiny (that station is very busy)! I can go on and on (like why are the windows and the turnstiles layed out in such a way that queues block the turnstiles). LRT2 pretty much get it right (I concede that it did take forever to finish though).

[boybi]

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Answer: Because them "alta de sociedad" folks who live in the posh villages along that stretch did not want the train to pass overhead because people would see their houses. According to them, they only have the security of their village in mind - people who ride the MRT (if the track on that stretch would be an overhead track) might hatch an idea to "do their homes harm".

In Tagalog, sila ay natakot kase baka daw pag isipan nakawan o kaya gawan sila ng masama. I'm not making this up - this is true. AFAIK, they even filed case in court against constructing the Buendia-Ayala stretch of the MRT as an overhead section and against the same stretch being on ground level - and they won.

Their...their...."concern" actually delayed the construction of the railway by nearly a year.

ang labo din ng logic nila. pano naman yung mga dumadaan sa mga flyovers dyan, nakikita rin naman yung village nila from the flyovers. pwede pa nga huminto sa taas yung car para mas ma-survey nila yung loob ng village, e yung sa mrt hindi naman humihinto sa tapat ng villages nila.

[Alpha_One]

ang labo din ng logic nila. pano naman yung mga dumadaan sa mga flyovers dyan, nakikita rin naman yung village nila from the flyovers. pwede pa nga huminto sa taas yung car para mas ma-survey nila yung loob ng village, e yung sa mrt hindi naman humihinto sa tapat ng villages nila.

Well, these are the same people who simply HAVE to have their kids picked up directly in front of the gate of a private school... baka makidnap/maholdapan/marape/madapa/madapuan ng langaw eh.

[theveed]

Hehe, sama mo na yung reroute ng ortigas track dahil mababara yung statue ng virgin mary hehe.

[nugundam93]

Hindi Handicap friendly ang lahat na stations

so true. and to think we do have the Magna Carta for persons with disabilities that they should have followed.