[15th R151 to Debut on NSL] SMRT Trains - Alstom R151 [851/852] [Woodlands → Yew Tee]

Date filmed: 31 August 2024
Time of recording: 1129hrs
Towards: (4) Jurong East, Platforms D/E
Train Model: Alstom Movia R151
Train Run: 408
Depot of Origin: Ulu Pandan Depot
Final Destination Depot: Ulu Pandan Depot
Carriage filmed at: 12852 A1/B1
AM/PM/Full Day: Full Day Service (Saturday)
This video features an Alstom Movia R151, 851/852, which is from UPD to serve NSL for the whole day under the weekend schedule, from NS9 Woodlands to NS5 Yew Tee.
851/852 would make its way into UPD when it was replaced by 037/038 while doing EWL Full Day Run 329 on 30/8/2024.
Surprisingly, 851/852 would find its way to come over to NSL and make its NSL debut run during the weekend! First time that a new R151 trainset debuted on NSL during the weekend itself! I thought that it was going to spend the weekend in UPD before coming over to NSL, but apparently not.
Seems that more and more R151s are being pulled over to run on the North-South Line in recent times (even if some of the R151 trainsets don't last long on NSL) either through a replacement run or the UPD Withdrawal Runs.
851/852 is also the 15th R151 to make its NSL Debut Run, only a few days after the 14th R151 (which was 855/856) made its NSL Debut as Run 422 for the AM Rush Hours on 29/8/2024.
Slight Whiny Motor can be heard on car 12852 A1/B1.

[@SGrailadventure2004]

As long as 813/814 don't serve the EWL for now (maybe till end of this year), that's good. Since 813/814 have been doing testings multiple times on the NSL most of last year and even earlier this year, it was ''destined'' to debut and stay on the NSL as it's home line with the other R151s welcome to join of course since NSL is NOT the line to be confined with the KSF fleet (and likewise for EWL as well with non-KSF as the main fleet) and both types of the line cannot be selfish to restrict themselves to their own line throughout their life too as the EWL also needs help with some KSF trains running since EWL reliability is not good enough (especially with PSD, track or signalling faults that can happen anytime) even with just R151 trains running. Both KSF and R151 trains are free to serve any of their respective lines anytime

[@jayden_likes_c151]

R151 bypassing each other near Marsiling station