SINGAPORE: A track fault on the East-West Line has caused delays of at least an hour between Tampines MRT station and Pasir Ris MRT station on Saturday (Aug 18) night.
SMRT first notified commuters of the track fault at around 10pm.
AdvertisementIn a tweet, commuters were warned that travel time between the two stations would be delayed by 20 minutes.
Free regular bus services between the stations were also available, SMRT said.
In an update at around 10.20pm, SMRT said its engineers were “working on rectifying the fault” and that train service would resume in five minutes.
However, in several subsequent updates SMRT said that commuters should expect a longer travelling time of 10 minutes between Tampines station and Pasir Ris station.
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[EWL] UPDATE: Due to an earlier track fault, please expect longer travelling time of 10 mins btwn #Tampines and #PasirRis.
— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) August 18, 2018
— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) August 18, 2018
[EWL] UPDATE: Due to an earlier track fault, please expect longer travelling time of 10 mins btwn #Tampines and #PasirRis. Our staff is working on it.
— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) August 18, 2018
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