Not again... again? Train fault causes delay on East-West Line in 5th MRT disruption in 4 weeks
The East-West Line suffered another service delay due to a train fault in the early afternoon of Oct 10.
East-bound commuters were advised to add 20 minutes of travel time between Queenstown to Bugis MRT stations, said SMRT on social media at 1.04pm.
By 1.22pm, the fault was cleared and services had resumed.
Earlier at 12:31pm, west-bound commuters were advised to add 25 minutes of train travel time between Outram Park and Queenstown stations.
01:22 PM - [EWL] CLEARED : Train services from #Queenstown to #Bugis have resumed. Free regular bus service has ceased.... Posted by SMRT on Wednesday 9 October 2024
In another post, SMRT said that a first-generation west-bound Kawasaki Heavy Industries train had stalled near Tiong Bahru station at about 12.30pm. All commuters safely disembarked at Outram Park station."
UPDATE on the train fault on the East-West Line, 10 Oct at 1.12pm: On 10 October, at about 12:30 p.m., a first... Posted by SMRT on Wednesday 9 October 2024
Facebook user Norman Goh, who was purportedly on the stalled train, posted: "The train abruptly stopped and is strangely tilted at the side now. I don't mind walking on the railway tracks. But my father is wheelchair-bound. How can I push?"
Regarding the tilt, SMRT explained in an update: "The tilt experienced is due to the slope of the track at the curvature towards Tiong Bahru station. It is normal and the train is stable."
This is the fifth train service disruption in four weeks.
A stalled train caused a service delay between Woodlands North and Lentor on the Thomson-East Coast Line in the early evening of Oct 1.
This followed a six-day disruption between Jurong East and Buona Vista stations on the East-West Line from Sept 25 to 30 caused by another first-generation Kawasaki Heavy Industries train.
A week earlier, the Circle Line had a service disruption on two consecutive days. On Sept 17, a power fault caused the disruption. The next day, a power system cubicle at Kim Chuan Depot caught fire.
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