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Track fault on East-West Line causes delays from Jurong East to Redhill

30 Aug 2017|2,284 views

An east-bound stretch of the East-West Line (EWL) was affected by a track fault at Redhill station on Wednesday morning.

An east-bound stretch of the East-West Line (EWL) was affected by a track fault at Redhill station on Wednesday morning.

SMRT tweeted at 8.13am that commuters should expect an additional 10 minutes of travel time from Jurong East to Redhill stations. This was later revised to 15 minutes. The fault is not linked to the new signalling project, it added.

The EWL was last hit by a major fault on 25^th July, when an intermittent power fault resulted in trains running at longer intervals. Train service between Bugis and Queenstown stations had to be shut down for around 30 minutes at mid-day for engineers to rectify the fault, later discovered to be a loose panel next to the tracks in the tunnel near Tiong Bahru station.

An east-bound stretch of the East-West Line (EWL) was affected by a track fault at Redhill station on Wednesday morning.SMRT tweeted at 8.13am that commuters should expect an additional 10 minutes of travel time from Jurong East to Redhill stations. This was later revised to 15 minutes. The fault is not linked to the new signalling project, it added.

The EWL was last hit by a major faulton 25^th July, when an intermittent power fault resulted in trains running at longer intervals. Train service between Bugis and Queenstown stations had to be shut down for around 30 minutes at mid-day for engineers to rectify the fault, later discovered to be a loose panel next to the tracks in the tunnel near Tiong Bahru station.