Service disruption along East West Line and North South Line on Friday morning
Commuters were met with service disruption again this morning (5 Jan) along the East-West Line (EWL), followed by delays on the North-South Line (NSL). No explanation was given by transport operato…
Commuters were met with service disruption again this morning (5 Jan) along the East-West Line (EWL), followed by delays on the North-South Line (NSL). No explanation was given by transport operator, Singapore Mass Rapid Transport (SMRT) for the delays experienced by commuters.
A comment from Saurabh Saste on a post at TATA SMRT Facebook at 8:14am informed there was a 15 minutes delay from Newton to Marina South and there was frequent announcements of train congestion ahead:
Saurabh Saste: 15 minutes delay from Newton to Marina South
Red line stopped.
Saurabh Saste: Frequent announcement of train congestion ahead.
Terence Kua also posted at 9:19am on the TATA’s FB site that there was a complete stop at Orchard MRT.
Photos posted by Stanley Tan at 9:20am on the same Facebook site showed the crowd at Ang Mo Kio Station:
Friday morning crowd at Ang Mo Kio Station / photo Stanley Tan’s on TATA SMRT Facebook
Commuters affected by this morning disruption also tweeted complains on Twitter:
Again, there was no official announcement from SMRT on the delay; George P. Bassakos complained about this in a reply to SMRT's tweet :
Some commuters also noted delays along the North South Line (NSL):
Meanwhile, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) delivered a New Year wish at 9:54am:
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