No MRT delays above 30 min since Nov. 2025, longest such period since records started in 2011: LTA

As there were no delays exceeding 30 minutes on the MRT lines since November 2025, this is the longest period without such a delay since the Land Transport Authority (LTA) started tracking this statistic in 2011.

This excludes the Thomson-East Coast Line, LTA noted.

Rail reliability

These findings were part of LTA's July 2026 Rail Reliability figures on its website.

The reliability of the MRT network is measured by Mean Kilometres Between Failure (MKBF).

This refers to the average distance that a train travels before it encounters a delay of more than five minutes.

LTA noted that June 2026 marks the third consecutive month that the overall MKBF has exceeded 2 million train-km, at 2.50 million train-km.

Individually, all MRT Lines' MKBF remain above 1 million train-km, including the oldest North-South and East-West Lines.

According to LTA's latest figures for July 2026, there were two delays in August 2025 and September 2025 each that lasted more than 30 minutes.

However, train service delivery and train punctuality for the MRT network remained at above 99 per cent in June 2026.

Sustained effort, dedication

"Our high MKBF levels over the last three months are a reflection of the sustained effort and dedication from our transport workers and rail operators to uplift reliability and improve their response to faults and incidents," said LTA.

"It also reflects the impact of the recommendations made by the Rail Reliability Taskforce in February 2026, which SMRT and SBST are now working closely with the LTA to implement," it added.

LTA said it had also updated the provisional Circle Line MKBF figures for May 2026 to include a delay on the Circle Line on May 16 that had exceeded five minutes, after the conclusion of investigations.

As such, the Circle Line MKBF for May 2026 was updated to 2.37 million train-km, and the MRT network MKBF for May 2026 was updated to 2.35 million train-km.

As stated within the report, reported figures are subject to adjustment pending ongoing incident investigations.

Despite the adjustment, overall MKBF performance in May 2026 improved over April 2026, said LTA.