# Talk:Tampines MRT station

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Did this happened? I can't find any news reports for this.
At around 8.58 am on 19 April 2007, a portion of the MRT track between Tampines and Pasir Ris was not functioning properly. Several public service announcements had been made saying that the train service will be disrupted for about five minutes. The SMRT staff had to evacuate Pasir Ris while fixing the problem. As a result, all eastbound trains had to terminate at Tampines and continue its westbound service. The affected commuters were told that they have three days to collect their refunds from the SMRT. Normal train service was then resumed at 9.28 am and the commuters were then allowed to enter the MRT station again.--04:22, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

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On 8 August 2003, a westbound train lost traction current at 10.13 pm and stalled along the track between Pasir Ris and Tampines. An empty train was used to push the train towards Tampines and service resumed at 10.35 pm. However, 21 minutes later, the traction current tripped again, this time in between the same two stations in both directions and SMRT staff only managed to restore the eastbound side before the end of operating hours. 73 passengers were stuck in a westbound train and detrainment was carried out. During both delays, eastbound services terminated at Tampines and alternative transport was provided for affected passengers.
At about 11 am on 7 May 2007, a man in his 50s hit his head against the oncoming train and got his foot stuck in the platform gap. The man was already in a semiconscious state when he was rescued by the Civil Defence and suffered injuries to his left ankle and head. Westbound train services were disrupted for about 8 minutes.
On 7 August that year, a 48-year-old Chinese man fell onto the westbound track at the station. SCDF received a call about an incident at Tampines MRT station at 6.32pm. The man was pronounced dead by paramedics at 6.45pm.
On 21 January 2008, a maintenance works train which was carrying out works between Tampines and Simei (westbound) broke down, causing a disruption from 5.28 am to 12.45 pm on both the eastbound and westbound services from Pasir Ris and Tanah Merah, affecting 57,000 commuters. SMRT was fined S$387,176 (approximately US$280,000) on 10 March that year after the LTA's investigations concluded that the disruption was due to SMRT's working party not complying with operating procedures. This was specifically on securing the parked portion of the maintenance train, which comprised a locomotive and a wagon. The fine was the largest ever for a rail related incident in Singapore. According to operating procedures, during maintenance works, the portion comprising a locomotive and a Rail Grinding Vehicle will proceed with its works, while the portion of the maintenance train is detached and parked at a distance from the working zone. However, investigations from LTA and SMRT showed that SMRT did not apply the locomotive's parking brake. There was also no wheel chock placed to prevent movement along the gradient of the track. If SMRT had followed operating procedures, a roll-back would have been prevented.
On 20th of that month, SMRT announced that it had decided to appeal to the LTA against the fine. In a letter, SMRT said it had provided free shuttle bus services to help affected commuters. SMRT also mobilised more than 300 staff for on-site recovery, crowd management, dissemination of information and preparation for resumption of service. However, on 3 April 2008, LTA turned down SMRT's appeal for a lower fine and ordered SMRT to pay the fine in full within two weeks.
On 26 November 2009, a Malay man was found dead in the station's toilet.
A train developed a signalling fault at Tampines on 30 April 2012 at about 9.20 am. The faulty train was taken out of service upon reaching Joo Koon. Services took about half an hour before resuming to normal.
Going to work on the page, moving the chunk of incidents here. Dont really wish to delete them from existence, but safekeep here for anyone who wish to use it.--ZKang123 (talk) 14:05, 11 December 2020 (UTC)


### References
This review is transcluded from Talk:Tampines MRT station/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 20:33, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Comments

"Tampines Town Centre " any reason Town Centre is capitalised?
"that the station will" would.
"isn't" avoid contractions.
"an art piece The Big Round & The Tall Long by Studio Juju " -> "The Big Round & The Tall Long, an art piece by Studio Juju "
"Exit C of Tampines station." fragment, no full stop required.
"also includes the " included.
"As announced by.." what was announced, the opening date?
Yes. Reworded so that clause with the opening is at the front instead.
Include year in opening date.
 Done
"for "quicker rides" to" why use a quote, when a simple "for shorter journey times" or something?
 Done
Move footnote [a] to behind punctuation.
"45.52" doesn't need that level of accuracy, just 45.5 would be fine.
"of S$1.43 million (US$1" currencies already linked.
Check refs, things like "The Straits Times" should be in italics, it's a work not a publisher.
"On 20 August 2010, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) " overlinked and you should abbreviate LTA on the first instance and use it after.
"Downtown Line 3 (DTL 3) " you've already used the abbreviation...
what are "headways"?
Headways are train frequencies.
Can you link it please. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:35, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
"after Kallang station" link.
Check image captions, those which aren't complete sentences (i.e. sentence fragments) should not have full stops.
"the Big Round and Tall Long" "-> the Big Round and the Tall Long
Probably one too many images on the right hand side, loads of white space because of it.  I would axe the Exit D image as it is in no way interesting.
Spaced hyphens should be en-dashes per MOS.
Ref 17 why isn't publisher like all other LTA refs?
Standardised so all |website=www.lta.gov.sg
That's enough for a first pass, so I'm putting it on hold for now.  The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 20:48, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

 Done Addressed most of the points above –ZKang123 (talk) 04:23, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
Still think currency conversions are too precise, 1 decimal place is fine. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:21, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
Hmm I find the precision to be fine tbh (I prefer more precise values). But if this is a major issue for you then I will change it.--ZKang123 (talk) 08:26, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
Well given that currency conversions are approximate anyway, and are contemporaneous, the actual values in say US$ are simply a guide to people who don't know how much a $S is worth.  Even zero decimal places would be perfectly adequate for this purpose, so one, used consistently, should be fine. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:35, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
Ah I misread. I thought you meant the original values, but then I see you are referring to the converted values. I have changed them.--ZKang123 (talk) 08:46, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
Ok, all looks in order, so I'm promoting to GA.  Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 16:30, 6 March 2021 (UTC)