SMRT: Train Service Delayed Due To Track Fault

Train service was delayed on Friday morning (Jul 3) along the North South Line due to a track fault, said transport operator SMRT.

Commuters travelling from Choa Chu Kang to Admiralty, towards Marina Bay, should factor in an additional 15 minutes of travelling time, SMRT said in a Twitter post at 7.55am. It added that the delay was due to a track fault.

At 8.32am, SMRT tweeted that free bus services had been activated between the affected stations of Yew Tee and Toa Payoh. Fifteen minutes later, it tweeted that the expected additional travelling time was 25 minutes.

At 9.25am, the transport operator said that train services were now running normally, and that it was ceasing the free bus services.

TRAINS PACKED: COMMUTERS

Commuters took to social media to express their frustration with the peak hour delay. Several said that the delay was due to a track fault at Woodlands.

Twitter user @icecub3, who tweeted a picture of a crowded Yishun station, said the escalators at the station were temporarily turned off to ease the flow of passengers. Another Twitter user @yuuka_minamoto said the same was done at Ang Mo Kio station.

Commuter Poh Hui Theng, who was at Yishun MRT station, tweeted that she could not board the trains because they were too packed.

Source: www.channelnewsasia.com