Observations
It's paper signages galore!
When entering a TEL station, you will definitely be greeted with a portable stand holding up an A4-size
paper, mentioning either the lines, or the exit directories. At Woodlands TEL, there are 3 sets of
escalators, one would bring you to the NSL, the middle ones would bring you to the Way Out, and the
third one, would bring you to Exits 5-7. Many commuters would mistakenly take the middle set of
escalators, where it only brings you to the Way Out, and not to NSL, because that is where the Faregates
are. Hence signages like these (Fig. 2) were placed. While useful, it looks very
clunky.
The worst one was seen at Marina Bay, where
the portable signages, showing the NSL/CCL direction (Fig. 4). The same info can be
found just by
looking up, where the permanent signs were!
Why were the portable signs necessary then?
Head over to the Identify tab, where I'll try to identify and dissect what went wrong.
Fig. 2: Woodlands TEL's Portable Signs telling commuters to use the other set of escalators to NSL.
Fig. 3: Paper signs showing the Exit Directories
Fig. 4: Marina Bay TEL's Portable Signs telling commuters to use the other set of escalators to NSL. This is the same problem as the ones in woodlands TEL. The signs at this exact position has since been removed, weirdly.
Fig. 5: Marina Bay TEL's Portable Signs showing commuters the directions to NSL/CCL.The signs at this exact position has since been removed, weirdly.