Chitchat Train fault causes delay on East-West Line between Outram Park and Queenstown

[bobby]

SINGAPORE — Services on SMRT's East-West Line were delayed on Monday (July 13) morning due to a train fault.

SMRT said in a tweet at 8:51am that commuters should add 25 minutes to their travel time due to the train fault, which affected services from Outram Park to Queenstown stations in the direction of Tuas Link.

Free regular bus services were made available between Outram Park and Queenstown stations for affected commuters, the train operator added in a later tweet.
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Several commuters posted on social media about being caught in the delay.

Twitter user chocopufffz said she was "stuck at Bugis" for 10 minutes, while Twitter user CitySkyHunter tweeted at 9:03am that the train fault at Lavender station had lasted for "the past 17 minutes".

At 9:15am, SMRT said that the fault had been cleared and train services were being progressively restored. It later added that services resumed at around 9:25am.

 

[bobby]

Now no more Ah Cow...then who to complaint to ????

 

[batman1]

Please lah. U sinkees voted for it. So No more complaints .

 

[kaninabuchaojibye]

where is khaw?
run away from responsibilities again after increasing fares?
or preparing for more fare increase?
fuck you 61% who vited pap

 

[laksaboy]

Outram Park MRT station is a terrible mess now, both inside and outside the station. The iconic Pearl's Centre next door and the nearby Pearl's Bank Apartments have been demolished.

An old lady had to ask me for directions to exit the Outram Park MRT station, she told me she hadn't been there in quite some time, too many confusing changes.

 

[laksaboy]

I think this is more useful if you put it OUTSIDE the station.

Put it inside the station, what's the point?

 

[A Singaporean]

This is a deliberate attempt to screw up Sinkies.