Posted: 09 November 2010 1118 hrs
SINGAPORE: A KTM train with 60 passengers on board
derailed near the Bukit Timah KTM station at 8.15am on
Tuesday.
No one was injured.
An eyewitness told Channel NewsAsia the Kuala Lumpur-bound train
had left the station for about five minutes when the incident
happened.
He said the train was travelling at about five to 10 kilometres per
hour, and then stopped suddenly.
He then got out of the train and saw the train's engine in front
tilting at about 40 degrees to the track.
The first two carriages were derailed but were still standing
upright.
The eyewitness said the track was damaged and passengers had to get
off the train and abort their trips.
Channel NewsAsia understands that three carriages have been hauled
back to Tanjong Pagar KTM station.
The affected passengers were put on another train and also brought
back to Tanjong Pagar station.
-CNA/wk
