Commuters had to alight from the train and walk to the nearest MRT station after the SMRT train on the North South Line broke down on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016.

[NSL]: No train service between #Woodlands and #Kranji in both directions. Free bus are available.

— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) January 9, 2016

[NSL]: No train service between #Woodlands and #Kranji in both directions, due to traction power fault.

— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) January 9, 2016

[NSL]: No train service between #Woodlands and #Kranji in both directions, due to traction power fault.

— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) January 9, 2016

[NSL]: No train service between #Woodlands and #Kranji in both directions, due to traction power fault. We are recovering the service.

— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) January 9, 2016

Commuters could be seen in the following videos and photos walking towards Marsiling MRT station as the train stopped moving after leaving Kranji MRT station.

[video width="320" height="576" mp4="https://cdn.mothership.sg/1/2016/01/smrt-train-breakdown-jan-9-2016.mp4"][/video]

[video width="320" height="576" mp4="https://cdn.mothership.sg/1/2016/01/wtf-smrt-train-fault-jan-09-2016.mp4.mp4"][/video]

Services in both directions between Admiralty and Kranji have not been restored as of 6.46pm.

[NSL]: No train service between #Admiralty and #Kranji in both directions. Free bus service available between Kranji and Sembawang

— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) January 9, 2016

All videos and images by Vanessa Chia @nessareiya

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