Observation - YCK Station at 4pm [08/09/08]

4pm Yck Station
- Sec students [Most]
- Working adults [A few]
- Aunties & Uncles

Observation at control station
- Very few people
- Slow walking pace
- Mostly crowd are from other stations & alights at Yck station.

On platform
- All look relax
- No much people
- No train going towards Yishun
- Saw 1 person sitting at the edge of the railing

People do the same thing as the previous observations while waiting for train.


In train

Notice
- Mostly crowds were at the first/last cabins areas. Center cabins are all empty.
*Compared to peak hrs, crowd gathered around the center cabins than first/last cabins.

- Students sat down on seats & wait for train. See train appproaching but still remains seated. When train door opens, then they stand up & board train. [Relaxing/slow pace]
*Compared to peak hrs, crowd usually started standing behind the yellow line once they stopped their movements.

- During peak hours, trains at work are mostly old trains.
*Compared to normal hours where trains are new.

- People that board trains at different stations walked slowly into the train & slowly choose the seats they like.
*Compared to peak hrs, people that enter train rush for seats. As long as there are seats to rest.

- Some people enter train, refuse to sit down although there are lots of seats.
*Compared to peak hrs, people will snatch for seats.

- All looks relax & comfortable. So most of them took a nap.
*Compared to peak hrs where people are so anxious & tends.

- Strong air-condition.
*Compared to peak hrs, we can't even feel it.

- Door closes fast at each station. [Mainly because not much people taking/boarding trains.]

- Some students even manage to do some homeworks on train while going home.