Track fault at Clementi causes delays on East-West Line

A track fault that occurred on the East-West Line on Thursday (19^th January) morning caused delays from Joo Koon to Clementi stations towards Pasir Ris.

SMRT tweeted about the delay at 7:47am, warning of an additional 10 minutes travel time required from Joo Koon to Clementi stations towards Pasir Ris. At 8:01am, SMRT sent an update that the track fault was at Clementi and the delay had been extended to 15 minutes. About 25 minutes later, it said to expect a delay of 20 minutes.

Commuters took to social media to complain about the delays.