With the below issues being addressed, and having checked the article and the sources, I am satisfied that the article meets the Good Article criteria (WP:GACR6) of being well-written, verifiable with no original research. broad in its coverage, neutral, stable and illustrated. I am passing this, good job ZKang123. starship.paint (talk / cont)08:05, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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when the HSR project was cancelled, LTA deputy CEO Chua Chong Kheng proposed using the site for a testing facility instead - the source does not make it clear whether Chua was the (initial?) proposer. The quote from the source is: He reveals in a moment of inspiration, the possibility of building the testing facility was raised, as it was always a challenge to have to test new trains and systems in Singapore. It isn't clear who "raised" the possibility. Perhaps, in our quote, we can say that LTA deputy CEO Chua Chong Kheng supported using the site for a testing facility instead. starship
Contract 190 for the design and construction of the ITTC was awarded to GS Engineering & Construction on 17 April 2020 for S$639.5 million (US$468.8 million) - I am not sure about the described date here. there are three sources for this statement. The first, on 17 April 2020, says the contract was awarded, with no date stated. The second does not specify any date too. The third, on 21 April 2020, says the agreement was made with Singapore's Land Transport Authority to construct the ITTC in the city-state, Monday, which presumably is Monday, 20 April 2020, and contradicts the date given above. Instead, I propose a different wording, backed up by the first and second source: Contract 190 for the design and construction of the ITTC was announced by the LTA on 17 April 2020 to be awarded to GS Engineering & Construction for S$639.5 million (US$468.8 million). starship
due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the scheduled completion dates were later postponed by one year to 2023 and 2025 respectively - I don't think the reason of the pandemic is cited by the sources. The first source does not mention "COVID" or "pandemic". The second source says Other rail projects, such as the Thomson-East Coast Line and Circle Line 6 (CCL6), were delayed by up to a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It does not say that the testing centre was delayed by the pandemic. We can simply remove due to the COVID-19 pandemic. starship
utilised Building Information Modelling technology. The source says Building Information Modelling technology that utilizes 3D models to simulate potential interferences. This explanation should be given in our article because it is not immediately clear what "Building Information Modelling technology" is. starship
LTA also signed a memorandum of understanding with the Global Centre of Rail Excellence to collaborate on developing train testing centres in Singapore and the United Kingdom - we only have a primary source for this. Could we get a secondary source? I think there are 5 results on Google News possibly covering this. starship
The testing and commissioning of the new CCL trains began at the facility in November 2023 - likewise, we only have a primary source for this. Could you get a secondary source? starship
The testing facility was designed by the Korea Railroad Research Institute - is there any more recent source for this? The sources backing this up date to April 2020, before construction began. The source says the KRRI will design the integrated train testing center, which is a future event that we can't confirm really happened (without a more recent source) or if KRRI cancelled further involvement. Alternatively you can focus on the part which that KRRI has provided consultations for GS E&C including planning ways to maximize operational efficiency using the space allocated by the Singaporean government, the company said, since that already happened by April 2020. starship
The workshop allows mid-life refurbishment of trains - not too sure about that. The source says SRTC also houses a three-storey building with an operations control centre, administration offices and workshops, as well as inspection and maintenance areas to support the midlife upgrading of trains.starship
I think my brain fogged when I assumed the inspection and maintenance areas are part of that workshop. That said, also it might be kept when I was shuffling sources around; it also seems intended for the workshop to support the upgrades. That said, I'm going by the most updated commentary.--ZKang123 (talk· contribs) 01:39, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
rolling stock workshop issue is not addressed. starship
A looped 2.8 km (1.7-mile) S-curved track for performance and integration testing, assessing the train dynamics and its ability to navigate bends - the bolded words are vague, and I'm not sure what it refers to within the sources. starship
Perhaps, then is there a source that discusses "air dynamics and its braking"? I do not think that the cited sources for that sentence do that. starship
I've found another secondary source here that covers more, so please add and cite that. But, I'm not seeing "centralised cooling system" in the sources. The sources instead say "hybrid cooling system". starship
Think you added the wrong source (from the same publisher), I've fixed it. starship
I've found multiple secondary sources that discuss "equipment manufacturers": one, two. Please match the Wikipedia content to the sources. starship
Just added to the LTA mention.
rolling stock workshop and later Stabling and maintenance tracks for any major refurbishment of existing trains - is there a secondary source (hopefully from 2023 or later) for these? At time of the source's publication in 2020, this had not been built yet. starship
No, not stated. But other sources have mentioned there's 16.9km of track and lists the other three tracks which doesn't sum to it, so it's reasonable to assume these stabling tracks exist. --ZKang123 (talk· contribs) 01:39, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Quality articles should aim to reduce assumptions. I've changed the wording to note that the stabling and maintenance tracks "were planned", at least until a newer source can confirm that they were built. starship
Be that as it may, these additional tracks are not labelled, not captioned. It's not up to us to interpret the picture for ourselves. We should be relying on the sources to explicitly tell us what is important. starship
This source, already in the article, says the center is the tenth of its kind globally. I think it's worth mentioning here. starship
I don't feel like including it; it felt a bit trivial at that point. I mean, I would think being in the top five would make this fact more relevant.--ZKang123 (talk· contribs) 02:07, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Is it a railway testing facility? Or perhaps a rail testing facility? starship
Is there a difference? Also I put "railway" because it also seems it's planned for the SRTC to be used by other countries in the region.--ZKang123 (talk· contribs) 01:39, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, according to Merriam Webster Dictionary, "railway" means "railroad", while according to Collins Dictionary, "railway" refers to a "route" or "tracks" or an "organization that operates railway routes". I don't think they are mainly testing tracks or roads here. They're testing the trains ("rail"), aren't they? starship
It incorporates several green building features in its design and operation. - I don't think the sources directly use the term "green building". We should match the lede to what is currently in the body or in the sources. starship
SRTC is used to test new rolling stock and rail systems for the Singapore MRT network - I think it would be better for the article (perhaps in the body) to more clearly discuss and explain "rolling stock". starship
There's already a wikilink to rolling stock so that should be sufficient.
That doesn't satisfy elaboration in the body. After the changes during the review, there is only one remaining mention of "rolling stock" in the body, which is On 1 November 2022, the rolling stock test and research facility for the ITTC were over 50% completed. That's inadequate for mention in the lede. You could expand it with content on "rolling stock" from this source which is already in the body. starship
In honesty, rolling stock and trains are rather interchangeable. But also rewritten in the page regarding the mention of rolling stock.--ZKang123 (talk· contribs) 02:07, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
