Train services between Stadium and HarbourFront MRT stations on the Circle Line were disrupted last night, Wednesday, at 11.21pm due to a power trip failure.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the power trip was caused by a cable, which was damaged by a contractor from the Land Transport Authority during the power cable replacement exercise.
Train operator SMRT said that those on board were detrained to the emergency walkways at Caldecott and Tai Seng MRT stations for safety reasons. Free bus services and bus bridging services were also activated within 20 minutes between Mountbatten and HarbourFront MRT stations.
Free bus services and bus bridging services were terminated at 12:30am, after train services between Dhoby Ghaut and Stadium MRT stations, as well as between Marina Bay and Stadium MRT stations ceased operations at the end of service hours. SMRT engineers were deployed on site to restore traction power to the rest of the network.
While power resumed only at 4:00am this morning, SMRT will continue to monitor the situation.
