Commuters can look forward to hitching earlier train rides on Sundays starting from Nov 6, as SMRT train services resume regular service start times at a total of 13 stations.
They include stations from Joo Koon to Queenstown on the East-West Line (EWL), and from Bukit Gombak to Jurong East on the North-South Line (NSL).
Since June this year, train services at these stations have commenced up to an hour later than usual to allow SMRT’s engineers more time to work on rail maintenance and renewal projects.
In a press release on Monday (Oct 24), SMRT said that the resumption of train services comes seven weeks ahead of schedule.
Over 2,300 sleeper trains and more than 3.2km of additional Third Rail have been replaced over the past 20 weeks, the transport operator said.
The paid parallel bus service plying the route between Joo Koon and Bukit Gombak stations before 7am on Sundays will also cease after this Sunday (Oct 30).
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