Monday April 30, 10:17
PM
SINGAPORE : A KTM train travelling south from Kelantan to Singapore
has derailed at Bukit Merah.
No one was hurt but 64 passengers on board were held up for three
hours.
The train was supposed to arrive at Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
at about noon.
But just 10 minutes before completing its scheduled 13-hour
journey, the train derailed.
Apparently, one of the carriages had broken down and stopped moving
at Bukit Merah.
Workers found that one of the wheels on a carriage had derailed
from the tracks, by some 5 centimetres.
All passengers were then evacuated.
One passenger commented, "Some (of the passengers were) very
uncomfortable... because it was very hot. They switched off the
aircon."
Another added, "Most of us looked outside and discovered that the
train (had) derailed."
The train company said it was investigating the cause of the
derailment. - CNA/ms
