although i like taking trains..this is not how i like to do it.

I know this news is not new anymore but bcos it just only affected me, i felt like talking about it. 

Last night, I met up with E and the only way to do that was to travel down to Kovan. So I looked up the Circle Line map to see how far away it is from Bishan. And then I realised that the LTA is planning to build a damn lotta stations in that small circle that is called Circle Line and its not even a complete circle. In fact, there is hardly any need to take any buses (ok, LESSER need)! Esp in the west! Holland V! West Coast! Kent Ridge! It sounds mighty exciting. No need to have a car to go to those "exclusive places" again. But geez, im gonna expect more crowds. not a win/win situation. What would that also mean for bus companies, specifically SBS, since Circle Line is owned by SMRT, well, SBS would just need to figure that out soon. There'll probably be a repeat of the incidents regarding the opening of the NEL years ago but not as bad (bus services along that line were still very much in demand bcos of the lack of Circle line/troublesome/no pt if u dun live near the station etc.). 

There's gonna be a Thomson line too. But i'll prolly still walk to the bus stop at Seasons Park and take a bus there instead of walking to YCK and take a train to Bishan and transferring to the Circle Line. This is one example of how counter productive the Circle Line is and why buses will still be in business. 

So anyway, back to my point. Besides checking out how many times i have to transfer trains (take train to Bishan, walk damn far away to transfer to Circle Line, then transfer to NEL), i also have to check the last train timings for 2 of the lines bcos they are notorious for ending services early. A lot of effort just to take a simple train down. But in the end, the train journey lasted about 25 min (off peak, duh), which is not too bad at all. Plus a little walking will do some good. But i still think all that transferring will not a peaceful journey make. After all, u have to keep looking out for which station to alight at (and for someone who likes to blast her ipod, it's tiring to have to keep remembering the stops) AND wait for multiple trains. Super time-inefficient. Pros and cons la, huh.

Although singapore is all but a tiny red dot, we are a very lazy bunch of people and we wish to zip by everywhere on a car. And since cars are considered a luxury commodity unfortunately, the next best thing is to build more train stations as time goes by and more train lines that do not link very well (thanks to the "opening up" of the public transport system and different companies) Hence, to travel to Kovan by train, I need to utilize 3 MRT lines. 

Being a spoilt singaporean, i lament though. Why no train to Ikea? =/

scratch that. reached ikea@tp in only 25 min even after transferring 2 buses! awesome.