In Parliament
Written Reply by Minister for Transport Khaw Boon Wan to PQ on the Mean Kilometres Between Failure (MKBF) for NS, EW, Circle & Downtown Lines for 2018
11 February 2019
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Transport for 2018, what is the Mean Kilometres Between Failure (MKBF) for (i) the North-South Line (ii) the East-West Line (iii) the Circle Line (iv) North-East Line and (v) the Downtown Line respectively.
Reply by Minister for Transport Khaw Boon Wan:
1. The Mean Kilometres Between Failure (MKBF) for the MRT network increased from 181,000 train-km in 2017 to 690,000 train-km in 2018. The 2018 MKBF performance for each of the rail lines is in the Table below.
Table: MKBF by Rail Line, 2018
Rail Line | MKBF (trains-km |
North East Line | 1,369,000 |
Downtown Line | 928,000 |
North-South Line | 894,000 |
Circle Line | 728,000 |
East-West Line | 408,000 |
MRT Network | 690,000 |