SINGAPORE – As an Alstom Movia R151 train rolled into Tuas Link station, its operator sounded a horn, eliciting cheers from more than 100 people gathered to welcome it into service.
“Open, open, open,” they chanted at 7.12am on Sunday as the first of 106 seventh-generation trains to be launched on the North-South and East-West lines (NSEWL) slowed to a halt, before its doors opened for commuters to board.
Among those waiting in anticipation was primary school pupil Tan Teck Ern, accompanied by his parents and six-year-old brother.
The nine-year-old woke up at 4am for the occasion. By about 6am – the usual time he gets out of bed for school, he was at Tuas Link station with his family, making the trip from their home in Bishan.
Like many other fans there, he could rattle off features of the new train effortlessly.
He looked forward to seeing its LCD route map display – similar to the ones on the fifth- and six-generation trains. When he got onboard, his first impression of the cabin was “bright”, which he attributed to its large single-frame windows – a distinct difference between the seventh-generation model and its predecessors.
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