Miss flying? Get boarding feeling at Bugis MRT station on June 6 during emergency preparedness exercise. – Mothership.SG

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Commuters utilizing Bugis MRT station from 10am to 4pm on Monday, June 6 could also be chosen to endure safety screening and requested to undergo steel detector checks and have their belongings scanned by X-ray machines.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA), SBS Transit and SMRT Trains stated an emergency preparedness train, Train Station Guard, will likely be carried out on that day and commuters are suggested to think about further journey time.

These with cumbersome gadgets could require extra time for such checks, they stated.

The train goals to strengthen safety in public locations and is a part of the nationwide SGSecure motion to construct resilience in the neighborhood towards safety threats, notably from terror assaults, the joint Could 31 information launch stated.

It additionally serves to lift public consciousness of the safety threats which Singapore faces and familiarise commuters on how they need to reply within the occasion of an emergency on the general public transport community, they added.

They stated: “Throughout the train, commuters getting into the station and heading to the East-West Line platform will likely be directed in direction of the fare gates close to exits B and C, whereas commuters heading to the Downtown Line platform will likely be directed to the fare gates close to exits E and F.”

Commuters should additionally maintain their masks on whereas going by way of the safety screening as half of the present requirement when commuting on public transport.

LTA and Singapore’s public transport operators have been conducting Train Station Guard regularly since February 2018.

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