Trains Delay/Disruptions Updates

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Train fault at Raffles Place MRT station causes NSL delays during evening rush hour SINGAPORE: A train fault at Raffles Place MRT station caused delays on the ... of delays due to a train fault at Raffles Place. Commuters were told to expect an ...

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DTL svc is delayed due to signalling fault at DT32 Tampines Stn. Additional travel time of about 10 minutes may be expected.

-- @SBSTransit_Ltd

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Train fault on Downtown Line causes delays during morning rush hour

SINGAPORE: A train fault on the Downtown Line (DTL) caused travel delays on train services from Bukit Panjang to Expo stations for about 40 minutes during the morning rush hour on Thursday (Dec 21).

SBS Transit said on its official Twitter account at around 7.50am that train service on the line was delayed from Downtown station towards Expo station, and that commuters should add 10 minutes to their travel time.

It said at around 8am that full service had resumed.

The delays were said to be caused by a defective train at Downtown station that had to be pushed out of the DTL, resulting in train service disruption from Bugis to Bendemeer stations, according to SBS Transit's senior vice president for corporate communications Tammy Tan.

A Channel NewsAsia reader who did not want to be named said he boarded the train at Bukit Panjang MRT station at around 7am, but the train did not move off and an announcement was made 10 minutes later telling commuters to alight.

Commuters were told that bridging bus services were available.

Photos showed a packed scene on the Bukit Panjang MRT platform.

Twitter user Jessie Chaw posted that she was told to get off the train at Bugis, but said that there were no free bus services available for passengers.

Delays were also reported by Twitter user Mohammad Taufik, who said that the train towards Bukit Panjang at Kaki Bukit had not been moving "for more than 5 minutes".

"Expect delay," he added.

Ms Tan apologised for the inconvenience caused by the delays.

"We apologise to affected commuters for the inconvenience caused. Meanwhile, we are investigating the cause of the train fault," she added.

Source: CNA/nc

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Recurring track signalling fault causes delay on East-West Line

SINGAPORE: Train services between Tanah Merah and Changi Airport MRT stations on the East-West Line (EWL) were facing continued delays on Tuesday morning (Jan 2), after an earlier track signalling fault which was cleared later recurred.

At 5.49am, SMRT had advised commuters to add an additional 30 minutes to their travel time, before reducing it to 20 minutes in a later tweet.

The railway operator later said at 7.17am, that the fault was cleared and that trains services were progressively being restored.

But it announced less than an hour later that the fault had recurred.

At about 9am, SMRT announced again that the fault had cleared and that train services had resumed.

Source: CNA/ec

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Bukit Panjang LRT train fault: Signal stop tape near Keat Hong station was damaged by a train around 1.45pm, services halted for systemwide safety check http://str.sg/o34W

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No train service on parts of Bukit Panjang LRT due to train fault

SINGAPORE: There is no train service on parts of the Bukit Panjang LRT due to a train fault, operator SMRT said on Thursday (Jan 18).

The affected stretch is between Choa Chu Kang and Phoenix stations. Train service on the Bukit Panjang loop is unaffected.

SMRT said in a Facebook post at 4.10pm that their engineering staff were attending to the fault.

Free bus and bridging bus services were activated.

Tweets from commuters showed that the delay started as early as 3.34pm.

One commuter, Lee Shi Min, first said that the train she was taking had not been moving for the past 10 minutes.

At 4.08pm, she sent out another tweet, this time saying that the "LRT broke down" and that SMRT "did not make an announcement".

Another commuter said he was stuck on the LRT for about 20 minutes in a tweet sent at 3.50pm.

Ms Wong Chooi Yoke, 38, told Channel NewsAsia that when she reached Jelapang station at 3.30pm, there was a train at the platform. But the train did not move, and after 15 minutes of waiting, she decided to exit the station and take a bus instead.

"There was no announcement. I had to call them using the ticket intercom ... No free shuttle bus was arranged at the time when I left," Ms Wong added.

In a subsequent tweet sent out at 4.54pm, SMRT said that the fault was cleared and "normal train services" across the Bukit Panjang LRT were being restored.

Free regular bus services and bridging bus services were made available until 5pm, SMRT added.

Source: CNA/ng

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