Disruptions and delays along East-West Line: SMRT stays silent
Again commuters had to endure train delays this Tuesday morning (24 October) along the East-West Line (EWL).
At 8:44 Nurul/Izyan tweeted SMRT asking why is the train stuck between Simei and Tampines:
https://twitter.com/andizyan/status/922624845946396672
And Ashrina tweeted at 8:45 that she was stuck at Tanah Merah:
https://twitter.com/ashrinax/status/922625006562971648
Many other commuters report that other stations along the East-West Line had large crowds, informing the trains they were on have not moved between 15 to 25 minutes.
Some mentioned that the fault experienced is due to signalling fault.
https://twitter.com/SNDIyengar/status/922625615655612416
https://twitter.com/angmohlian/status/922626614684291072
https://twitter.com/anilshukla/status/922626674935545856
https://twitter.com/zhangqichuan/status/922626808113086464
https://twitter.com/Jason_BigMoney/status/922627198560878592
https://twitter.com/mdedry14/status/922627510268870656
https://twitter.com/SynCPositive/status/922629292667813888
https://twitter.com/WEIXUANNN/status/922629685225316352
https://twitter.com/nickkohh/status/922630307462881280
At 9:13 SMRT @SMRT_Delays tweeted that EWL is slowly resuming its service:
https://twitter.com/SMRT_Delays/status/922632167879950336
SMRT gave no updates on its official pages, there were only announcement in the trains and stations:
https://twitter.com/Jessicassj_/status/922625730004922368
https://twitter.com/nurazlina/status/922626398774104064
https://twitter.com/anilshukla/status/922626674935545856
https://twitter.com/BlueRoseSAN/status/922626775208706049
https://twitter.com/KeenHoe1979/status/922627109377282049
https://twitter.com/joeyyyyy_/status/922629050190798848
TODAY reported they had approached SMRT for comments, but there’s no news yet.
Some commuters complained they were late for their assignments:
https://twitter.com/Priscias/status/922626071551287297
https://twitter.com/otac0/status/922627025910640641
https://twitter.com/MatosauceB3/status/922627039164645376
https://twitter.com/nawalbaswedan/status/922628034124845056
https://twitter.com/ggggggabriel/status/922628751057305601
