SBST Update @ 5.04PM: NEL svc has resumed from harbourfront to puggol
[EWL] UPDATE: Estimate 10 mins additional travel time from #TanahMerahtowards #Clementi due to train fault.
[EWL] CLEARED: Train services from#Aljunied towards #JurongEast are now operating normally.
Eastbound MRT service delayed due to faulty train
SINGAPORE: Eastbound train service on the East-West Line was delayed due to a faulty train at Raffles Place station on Friday evening.
Rail operator SMRT said passengers were asked to alight, and the train was taken out of service.
To maintain service
on the unaffected stretches of the East-West Line, some trains were
turned around at Queenstown and Outram Park stations (eastbound), and
Bugis (westbound).
SMRT said announcements were made in the affected stations and trains to inform passengers of the delay.
Callers to the MediaCorp hotline said the delay started at about 7pm.
Some of the areas mentioned include Raffles Place, Paya Lebar and City Hall.
One
caller said it took her more than 50 minutes to get from Buona Vista to
City Hall, when it usually takes about 15 minutes for that distance.
SMRT has apologised for the inconvenience caused.
- CNA/xq
Software error caused train delay at Circle Line: SMRT
SINGAPORE: The Circle Line's automatic train timetable scheduling system experienced a software error on Thursday, March 28 at about 8.10pm said SMRT.
Responding to queries from Channel NewsAsia after it had received several hotline calls about the incident, SMRT's vice president of corporate marketing & communications, Ms Kalai Natarajan, said the servers had to be restarted to ensure that all trains were running in accordance to their schedules.
In the meantime,
some trains had to be manually driven to be positioned at the correct
station platforms while others had to be driven at a slower speed or
temporarily held at some stations.
The servers were restored at
about 8.30pm and all trains on the Circle Line returned to their regular
schedule about 20 minutes later.
Passengers on board affected trains were informed of longer travelling time via announcements.
SMRT stressed that at no point was passenger safety compromised.
SMRT
said the incident caused an average of additional 20 minutes travelling
time along both bounds of the Circle Line between 8.10pm and 8.50pm on
Thursday.
-CNA/ac
We should start a train forums part 3 and maybe a new did you know thread
[BPLRT] No service at all BPLRT stations due to suspected power fault. Our staff is attending to recovery works.
[BPLRT] No service at all BPLRT stations. Free bus bridging services between all BPLRT stations.
[BPLRT] Train services have resumed at all BPLRT stations.
RAIL CRACKS
4 incidents of rail cracks causing disruptions in a few weeks.
smrt uses thermite welding to join tracks, why not use flash butt end joining ? it is done by heating up the rails and fusing them together. its supposed to be better