Commuters note train delays along NSL on Christmas evening

Train services along North South Line were disrupted last evening (25 Dec) around 11pm, particularly from Yishun to Jurong, due to a signaling fault at Yew Tee station

Andy, a commuter, first posted a tweet noting the slowing service around 10:39pm:

Fugging smrt train stop for so Long !! @SMRT_Singapore buck up your train service

— Andy (@OkCanLaNge) December 25, 2017

Oi people want go home leh @SMRT_Singapore faster leh

— Andy (@OkCanLaNge) December 25, 2017

Not long after Andy’s post, Singapore Mass Rapid Transport (SMRT) announced a signaling fault on its tweet:

[NSL]: Due to a signalling fault at Yew Tee station, train services btwn #Choa Chu Kang and #Woodlandwill be delay for about 30 mins. Free regular bus service is available between #Choa Chu Kang and #Woodland.

— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) December 25, 2017

Other commuters also tweeted about the delay:

You want you go stuck at Yishun station la knn 1 stop only i wait for 10 mins ! @SMRT_Singapore

— Andy (@OkCanLaNge) December 25, 2017

Train got delayed between Jurong East and CCK

— ronald_midian (@ronald_midian) December 25, 2017

At 10:53pm, SMRT posted again the same tweet:

[NSL]: Due to a signalling fault at Yew Tee station, train services btwn #ChoaChuKang and #Woodlands will be delay for about 30 mins. Free regular bus service is available between #Choa Chu Kang and #Woodlands.

— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) December 25, 2017

Commuters tweeted their complaints in regards to the delay:

https://twitter.com/albajnd/status/945311727486361600

At 11:22pm SMRT informed that the train services had resumed. But commuters expected to add 20mins train travel time between Choa Chu Kang and Woodland:

[NSL]UPDATE:Train services resumed. Pls expect add 20mins train travel time btwn #ChoaChuKang and #Woodlands. Free regular bus services are still available between #ChoaChuKang and #Woodlands.

— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) December 25, 2017

Commuters continued to post their grievances after SMRT’s last post on the delay, due to the continued delay experienced on NSL.

Train delay at choa chu kang. Signal fault .. Wow train after so many days of repairing yet you guys still train broke genius man @SMRT_Singapore

— 📷 Cheryl Chewww ♍ (@CherylChew10) December 25, 2017