Service disruption continues till evening rush hour; No train services on Joo Koon and Tuas Link on Thursday

Following the huge backload of passengers on Circle Line (CCL), East West Line (EWL) and North South Line (NSL) due to EWL's train collision at Joo Koon and CCL's signal fault, commuters are subjected to further delays in their journey during Wednesday afternoon and evening, especially on EWL and NSL.

SMRT announced at around 7.30pm that train service between Tuas Link and Joo Koon will be suspended on Thursday with free bus bridging service available all day.

At 1:58pm the Singapore Mass Rapid Transport (SMRT) tweeted there was no train service between Boon Lay and Tuas. Free regular bus and bridging bus services are available:

https://twitter.com/SMRT_Singapore/status/930676315879084032

Though SMRT announced service disruption was only along EWL but several commuters tweeted their displeasure over the announcement, stating that the trains are not moving and that there is also service disruption at NSL.

https://twitter.com/lammified/status/930669247046602753

https://twitter.com/yeo_leslie/status/930690698919194626

https://twitter.com/marcnair/status/930691322587033600

https://twitter.com/asreespongypant/status/930701272289873920

At 17:05 SMRT again tweeted their delay, this time due to ‘fewer trains serving the NSL this evening’:

https://twitter.com/SMRT_Singapore/status/930723326971985920

Followed by another tweet 10 minutes later:

https://twitter.com/SMRT_Singapore/status/930726002606481408

And still on 5:45pm SMRT posted time adding tweet:

https://twitter.com/SMRT_Singapore/status/930733371277262849

Commuters were really disappointed and posted their grievance:

https://twitter.com/IAmRazorrection/status/930703958255038464

https://twitter.com/shyamremo/status/930728657487671296

https://twitter.com/nicongch/status/930733811318403074

https://twitter.com/Mony19998/status/930734306950918144

https://twitter.com/nizaMaster/status/930737622120402945

https://twitter.com/try_life/status/930739393584697344

And to top its last tweet SMRT again posted at 6:29pm:

https://twitter.com/SMRT_Singapore/status/930744558903705601

The service disruption did not go well with the tired commuters:

https://twitter.com/MouldyLatte/status/930740086924181505

https://twitter.com/marxedes/status/930740949419941889

https://twitter.com/itzdjman/status/930745798135922688

https://twitter.com/weylim/status/930745846181675008

https://twitter.com/AviRaina/status/930746470088577025

CCL was affected too:

https://twitter.com/Reform_MUFC_/status/930746723298787328

Tweets continued to pour onto twitter, painting the picture of the suffering crowds:

https://twitter.com/Darkskye08/status/930747754971721728

https://twitter.com/ryneim/status/930748041220333568

https://twitter.com/xlcliangx/status/930750123730132993

https://twitter.com/AngusChoo/status/930755587658334208

https://twitter.com/ConnnMicaela/status/930756778538672129

https://twitter.com/theyishusblog/status/930757016758272005

https://twitter.com/Nursab86/status/930757360540200960

https://twitter.com/lim_j_h_89/status/930761484862238720

https://twitter.com/monrandomthoug1/status/930767655216201728

SMRT stopped the free bus 110 minutes after its last tweet and  jh's tweet showed a staff at Raffles MRT station explained how the delay was calculated:

https://twitter.com/SMRT_Singapore/status/930772297446600705

https://twitter.com/lim_j_h_89/status/930772756068581376

And finally a couple of disheartening tweets:

https://twitter.com/SMRT_Singapore/status/930774748358885376

https://twitter.com/SMRT_Singapore/status/930775748750622721

peixiang gave a sound reaction to these tweets:

https://twitter.com/zhongpeixiang/status/930777080849055745