Track fault hits East-West Line during Monday rush hour
SINGAPORE — Morning rush hour commuters in the western end of Singapore were hit with fresh delays on Monday (April 9) for about three hours due to a track fault on the East-West Line.
SINGAPORE — Morning rush hour commuters in the western end of Singapore were hit with fresh delays on Monday (April 9) for about three hours due to a track fault on the East-West Line.
At the peak of the delay, commuters travelling between Joo Koon and Clementi stations were asked to add about 25 minutes of travel time.
Affected commuters took to social media to vent their frustrations. Twitter user Asyura said that she should have been in school by 8am, but was instead “stuck between Chinese Garden and Lakeside” MRT stations.
SMRT first put out a tweet at 7.36am advising commuters to add 15 minutes of travel time between Jurong East and Joo Koon stations.
Later in an update at 8.57am, the rail operator told commuters to add “25 minutes of travel time from Clementi to Joo Koon stations”.
“We are working to recover service,” SMRT said in the tweet.
In a subsequent update at 10.18am, SMRT said that the train service on the East-West Line has resumed and that “trains are running normally now”.
TODAY has reached out to SMRT for comments.
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