SINCE the taxi-fare hike, there has been a surge in train ridership. This is evident during the evening peak hours at City Hall Station Interchange where commuters are packed like sardines, even in the last cabin.

The problem is compounded when commuters disembark from south-bound trains and are not cleared by east-bound trains before the next south-bound train arrives.

I have observed that it takes two loads of passengers from south-bound trains waiting at the platform before one east-bound train arrives.