October 14, 2020, 08:46 PM
A power fault on the North-South, East-West and Circle Lines during Oct. 14's evening peak hour has disrupted train services on these three MRT lines.
Power fault causes train disruptions on three lines
SMRT sent out a series of live tweets this evening on the disruption of train services.
Train services along the following parts were affected by the power fault:
1. between Jurong East and Marsiling
2. between Serangoon and Harbourfront
3. between Clementi and Tuas Link
Parts of North-South and East-West lines affected first
Train services along North-South and East-West lines were first disrupted at around 7pm.
[NSL]: Due to a power fault, there is no train svc btwn #Woodlands and #JurongEast. Free regular bus service is available between #Woodlands and #JurongEast. Passenger are advised to avoid #JurongEast.
— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) October 14, 2020
[EWL]: Due to a power fault, there is no train svc btwn #Clementi and #GulCircle. Free regular bus service is available between #Queenstown and #TuasLink. Passenger are advised to avoid #JurongEast.
— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) October 14, 2020
Photo by Mothership reader.
Photo by Mothership reader.
Photo by Mothership reader.
Photo by Mothership reader.
Passengers were evacuated from the trains and crowds formed at affected stations.
Free bridging bus services were quickly made available to these affected passengers.
Here's the situation at Boon Lay:
Photo by Mothership reader.
A bus stop near Buona Vista was extremely crowded as a result:
Photo by Mothership reader.
Parts of Circle Line affected too
At around 8:15pm, parts of Circle Line experienced a power fault too.
[CCL]: Due to power fault, there is no train service between #Serangoon and #Habourfront. Free regular bus services are available between #PayaLebar & #Harbourfront.
— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) October 14, 2020
Here's the situation at Tai Seng at around 8:30pm:
Photo by Mothership reader.
As of 8:45pm, SMRT informed that train service has been restored progressively.
[CCL] CLEAR: Train service progressively restored. Please add 25mins travel time on the Circle Line. Free regular bus & free bridging bus svcs are available btwn #PayaLebar and #Habourfront..
— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) October 14, 2020
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