SINGAPORE: Early morning MRT commuters on the North-South Line experienced about 20 minutes' delay in their journeys on Wednesday.
SMRT said there was a track fault between Raffles Place and Marina Bay stations at 7.15am.
Trains from Raffles Place entering Marina Bay were affected.
SMRT said its engineers were activated to rectify the fault.
Station employees were deployed to manually control the track switch on site to allow safe train movement over the affected sector.
Southbound trains from Raffles Place station were diverted to turn around at Outram Park station. These trains resumed northbound service at Raffles Place station towards Jurong East station.
SMRT activated free buses for seven trunk services at about 7.50am between Raffles Place and Marina Bay stations.
Normal train service resumed after the track fault was rectified about an hour later.
- CNA/xq
lianbeng says: long time no see liao!
SMRT said there was a track fault between Raffles Place and Marina Bay stations at 7.15am.
Trains from Raffles Place entering Marina Bay were affected.
SMRT said its engineers were activated to rectify the fault.
Station employees were deployed to manually control the track switch on site to allow safe train movement over the affected sector.
Southbound trains from Raffles Place station were diverted to turn around at Outram Park station. These trains resumed northbound service at Raffles Place station towards Jurong East station.
SMRT activated free buses for seven trunk services at about 7.50am between Raffles Place and Marina Bay stations.
Normal train service resumed after the track fault was rectified about an hour later.
- CNA/xq
lianbeng says: long time no see liao!
