The Singapore Civil Defence Force has been lauded by the public for working tirelessly through the night and day to bring North-South Line MRT services back on track.

New photos shared by SCDF showed their personnel at times in knee-high waters in the tunnel as they carried out their rescue operation of the MRT system.

The SCDF said they received a call for assistance at about 7pm on Saturday night after the tunnel between Braddell and Bishan became flooded with rainwater.

Praise

Even though much dissatisfaction has been targeted at SMRT the corporation and the management for yet another massive breakdown, ground staff have generally been praised for working tirelessly.

Thank you staff. Really appreciate the hard work

— Azilah (@Azilah08) October 8, 2017

?thank you to the track crews

— sotongsingapore (@sotongsingapore) October 8, 2017

Sadly, Not a single word from the leadership..

— Ariva nanthan (@ariva67) October 8, 2017

Kudos to SCDF Personnel ★ YOU ROCKS! ★

— ☆ surreal surreal ☆ (@seisurreal) October 8, 2017

Extent of flooding

Photos of the flooded tunnel have been shared on Facebook, including these by Glibert Goh (here and here)

NSL resumes

Train services between Newton and Ang Mo Kio stations on the North-South Line (NSL) resumed at 1.50pm, SMRT said on Sunday, Oct. 8, about 20 hours after rain water flooded tunnels and crippled train operations.

“This follows an all-out, overnight effort to clear water in the tunnels between Bishan and Braddell MRT stations,” SMRT said, adding that teams from the SCDF, PUB, Land Tansport Authority together with SMRT worked jointly to pump out water from the tunnels.

On Saturday night, teams from SMRT and LTA also conducted network-wide checks on MRT tunnels.