For the second time today (29 Jan) train traveler were disturbed in their journey. After the slight delay along the EWL this morning, in the afternoon there was no train service between Telok Blangah and Harbour Front along the Circle Line (CCL).
This time SMRT was the first to inform the delay on Twitter at 12:50pm, stating a track fault (not mentioned where) as the cause. Free regular bus services were already available between Buona Vista and Habour Front:
[CCL]: Due to a Track fault there is no train service between Telok Blangah and HarbourFront. Free regular bus services are available between Bouna Vista and HarbourFront.
— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) January 29, 2019
Commuters posted comment and question to SMRT on the tweet:
What's new…
— Ariva nanthan (@ariva67) January 29, 2019
can you please also announce at the station? there are so many travellers waiting in the train with knowing this.
— Marvin Heng (@hmheng) January 29, 2019
On TATA SMRT Facebook people also posted about the CCL train delay:
ALvin Lee posted an image informing the delay at 12:50pm:
And Paul Lee also posted the same information at 1:31pm:
At 12:26 SMRT updated that the train shuttle service at Platform A between Labrador Park and Harbour Front was available:
[CCL] UPDATE: Train shuttle service at platform A between #LabradorPark and #HarbourFront is available.
— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) January 29, 2019
Some passengers still tweeted their complains on the CCL train delay:
Please hire more Army Generals to solve more problem…singspore in a mess now.
— MarketBigBoy (@642642) January 29, 2019
Again ?
— Mat (@Matt_MadMat) January 29, 2019
However, there were also passengers who did not agree with complaints from the commuters, they tweeted their opinions:
Stop complaining please ! Just go abroad and you ‘ll see: public transports are more expensive, dirty, not safe and late, which is not the case here ! Problems can happen sometimes
— KL835 (@KL8351) January 29, 2019
thanks smrt, thank god ive reached :’) pic.twitter.com/Y6Vt0O7ak2
— reg ¨̮ | SLOW (@jingerbreadmiin) January 29, 2019
People complain…but I don't, they are doing their best to minimise the problems
— Sang Shi Jie (@SangShiJie1) January 29, 2019
At 2:19pm SMRT tweeted that the fault was cleared, train services had resumed and free regular bus services had ended:
[CCL]: CLEARED: Train services have resumed. Free regular bus services have ended.
— SMRT Corporation (@SMRT_Singapore) January 29, 2019