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SINGAPORE – A power fault shut down train service on parts of the North-South and East-West MRT Lines at around 7pm on Wednesday (Oct 14), severely disrupting the evening rush-hour commute for many commuters.
At 7.30pm, the fault disrupted service along a 16-station stretch of the Circle Line.
Preliminary investigations indicate that a faulty power cable had caused the breakdown, which is one of the most serious power-related incidents to hit the MRT network in recent years.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a statement that operator SMRT started to detrain passengers who were stuck on trains on the North-South and East-West lines at 7.30pm, and on the Circle Line at 8pm. However, SMRT had to stop this process when it began raining heavily.
Free bus bridging services were activated at all affected stations, and bus operators increased the frequency of regular services serving these areas, the LTA added.
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