July 09, 01:09 PM 
514 Chai Chee Lane 03-16, Singapore 469029 The Workers' Party (WP) has spoken up about Singapore's worst-ever-seen MRT service disruption, two days after the seismic evening event that has set the country's commuters reflecting on the good and the bad.
WP said that they were "deeply worried" over the 3.5 hour disruption of train services. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had also expressed his concerns about the disruption, following his visit to the Land Transport Authority Ops Centre yesterday.
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Posted by Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday, July 8, 2015
But WP raised a fair point in their statement: How can it be that what appears to be an electrical fault can completely cripple our island's two main rail lines?
"This raises questions about our transport system's resilience, particularly as such a system-wide failure could have repercussions on our nation's economic and national security interests," the statement goes on to say.
Hence, WP called for a more rigorous maintenance regime to be put in place, prioritising commuters' interests over corporate profits.
Funny, after The Business Times reported SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek voicing his concern that the rail business is not financially viable:
At @SMRT_Singapore's AGM today, its CEO registered concerns over the overall financial sustainability of the rail biz with the authorities
— Jamie Lee (@JamieLeeBT) July 7, 2015
Apart from discussing the need for SMRT to make their KPIs for their rail network transparent to the public, they also highlighted that more support should be given to SMRT's engineering and front-line staff, "to ensure that they are equipped to handle any similarly challenging situations in the future".
Read the party's full statement on the disruption here:
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Posted by The Workers' Party on Wednesday, 8 July 2015