Rush hour commuters were inconvenienced once again with a three hour delay on the East Rail Line yesterday, a second fault in 10 days. This time, the delay is blamed on a batch of insulators from a “famous European brand” which the MTR failed to screen.
Services were disrupted beginning 4pm after a faulty insulator in an overhead cable near Fanling station triggered a short circuit. Trains ran at 15-minute intervals between Hung Hom and Tai Po market, and every 30 minutes from Tai Po Market to Lok Ma Chau.
One passenger complained that the delay is even worse than the diesel-fuel trains in the old days. The MTR really needs to clean up its act! MTR chief executive Jay Walder has promised an independent external review as soon as possible.
Source: SCMP
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