At about 9.00pm on Sep. 15, SMRT announced a delay on the North-South line. 20 additional minutes had to be factored in if you were traveling between Marina South Pier and Toa Payoh.

Unfortunately, this is nothing new for Singaporeans. A train can break down at any hour of the day of night. But if you happen to be a tourist taking our public transport around town, a long train delay would be an uncomfortably warm welcome to Singapore.

Local photographer Xavier Lur was on an MRT train at the Marina Bay station when the fault was announced. According to him, the train did not move for at least 15 minutes, after which he decided to step out. But not before taking some photos and uploading them to Twitter, which you can see below:

SMRT train fault in a train filled with tourists supposedly here for the F1 pic.twitter.com/Re0srTYPQY

— Xavier Lur (@xavierlur) September 15, 2017

It was clear that some of them were in town to watch the F1 race, from the passes they were holding. The races start today, Sep. 15, and the festivities will last till Sep. 17.

It was just announced earlier today that Singapore had settled the terms of the contract with F1 and agreed to host the night races for another four years.

Let's hope the public transport system will be ready to handle the sudden surge in passengers when the next race rolls around.

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Top image courtesy of Xavier Lur.