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SINGAPORE \u2013 The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is carrying out modification works at some bus stops across the country to support more than 500 public buses that have three doors, for smoother boarding and alighting.<\/p>\n

However, due to site constraints at some locations, not all bus stops can be modified, it added.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt these bus stops, the third door may continue to remain closed, and bus captains will advise passengers to alight using the second door for safety,\u201d said LTA on April 27 in response to queries from The Straits Times.<\/p>\n

It did not provide the number of bus stops deemed unsafe to alight from the third door. Neither did it disclose the number of bus stops undergoing modification works.<\/p>\n

LTA explained that at some bus stops, the third door would open directly onto the road instead of a \u201cproper platform\u201d.<\/p>\n

Such bus stops, including one at East Coast Apartments in Telok Kurau Road, are shorter in length and situated between exits of a residential building.<\/p>\n

At another stop along the same road, before Saint Patrick\u2019s Road, passengers alighting from the third door might step on a grass patch instead of a concrete platform.<\/p>\n

A bus stop at Sing-China Building on Piccadilly Road near Seletar West Park Connector has a different infrastructural constraint \u2013 there are metal beam barriers on both sides of the bus stop.<\/p>\n

LTA noted that there are currently 440 single-deck and 100 double-deck three-door buses in the public bus fleet, with the first of such vehicles<\/span><\/a> hitting the roads in 2017.<\/p>\n

And from the end of 2026, another 300 three-door electric double-deckers will be progressively deployed<\/span><\/a> for passenger service.<\/p>\n

Some time in 2025, notices were put up on the third door of buses to inform passengers that this rear door may not open at certain bus stops. Discussions about this issue soon surfaced online.<\/p>\n

Public transport users ST spoke to also pointed out other bus stops where the third door does not open:<\/p>\n

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