Circuit breaker trip coils along Tuas West Extension replaced
17 Dec 2020|803 views
All 113 circuit breaker trip coils along the Tuas West Extension (TWE) on the East-West Line (EWL) have been replaced, with work to replace 150km of power cables along the stretch starting next month. Plans for these replacement works had been announced earlier after a massive three-line breakdown left more than 6,700 passengers stuck on stranded trains for up to three hours on 14 October 2020.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in an update on Thursday, 17 December 2020, that it has worked with rail operator SMRT and main contractor Alstom to change the trip coils. Trip coils are components in circuit breakers which isolate power faults. A faulty trip coil had failed to isolate a fault on the Tuas West Extension on 14 October 2020, which resulted in the problem snowballing.
Works to replace existing cables will start next month on the section along Tuas Depot Intake and Tuas Link station. LTA said, "For a start, these works will be carried out during normal engineering hours. LTA and SMRT will subsequently schedule early closures/late openings on weekends or full Sunday closures from March to May 2021 along the TWE to speed up cable replacement work that is expected to complete by end-2021."
It said the public will be given early notice of the scheduled early closure dates and affected stations. SMRT had said the breakdown on 14 October 2020 during the evening peak affected around 123,000 commuters - 110,000 on the North-South and EWL for 3.5 hours, as well as 13,000 passengers on the Circle Line for just over an hour.
All 113 circuit breaker trip coils along the Tuas West Extension (TWE) on the East-West Line (EWL) have been replaced, with work to replace 150km of power cables along the stretch starting next month. Plans for these replacement works had been announced earlier after a massive three-line breakdown left more than 6,700 passengers stuck on stranded trains for up to three hours on 14 October 2020.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in an update on Thursday, 17 December 2020, that it has worked with rail operator SMRT and main contractor Alstom to change the trip coils. Trip coils are components in circuit breakers which isolate power faults. A faulty trip coil had failed to isolate a fault on the Tuas West Extension on 14 October 2020, which resulted in the problem snowballing.
Works to replace existing cables will start next month on the section along Tuas Depot Intake and Tuas Link station. LTA said, "For a start, these works will be carried out during normal engineering hours. LTA and SMRT will subsequently schedule early closures/late openings on weekends or full Sunday closures from March to May 2021 along the TWE to speed up cable replacement work that is expected to complete by end-2021."
It said the public will be given early notice of the scheduled early closure dates and affected stations. SMRT had said the breakdown on 14 October 2020 during the evening peak affected around 123,000 commuters - 110,000 on the North-South and EWL for 3.5 hours, as well as 13,000 passengers on the Circle Line for just over an hour. 
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