If you were one of the unfortunate souls stuck on the East-West Line this morning for longer than usual, you have our sympathies. It seems like there was some sort of train delay caused by a signalling fault, although no updates were posted on SMRT’s official pages — only those in the trains and stations got the announcement.
But of course, no official statement doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Commuters took to social media to report on several stations along the East-West Line that were overrun with crowds during the morning rush hour.
From the tweets, the disruption seems to have started around 8:30am, and delays added up to 30 minutes to commuters’ travel times. Stations from Pasir Ris to Raffles Place to Jurong East were said to have been affected.
Wtf why is my MRT stuck at Simei?? No announcement or shit
— Brandon Seng (@____BrandonS) October 24, 2017
@SMRT_Singapore great day to start ahead with signalling fault on EWL! Only announced in the train but not in Twitter or any where else.
— Keen (@KeenHoe1979) October 24, 2017
@SMRT_Singapore are u srsly not going to announce anything about the train delay?train’s been stuck between tanjong pagar and raffles place.
— Aphra (@BlueRoseSAN) October 24, 2017
Massive train delay on EW line and no one is reporting about it. 15 min and counting. cc @SMRT_Singapore pic.twitter.com/e9blAbtXrI
— Liane Ng (@angmohlian) October 24, 2017
Hey @SMRT_Singapore what’s happening at Pasir Ris? pic.twitter.com/sLmayqiDy4
— Farah Daley (@farahdaley) October 24, 2017
Who doesn’t love getting stuck in the train for 25 mins right @_shaojie @YanzhangJayy @BendYeo #fuck #smrt
— [+]homa[s] (@SynCPositive) October 24, 2017
gonna miss my lecture cos im mirin the tracks thanks #SMRT pic.twitter.com/DGWffI6MrJ
— Gabriel Ong (@ggggggabriel) October 24, 2017
Okay I believe EWL is slowly resuming its service. Use it at your own risk, there was a signalling fault. SMRT is the best 10/10. kys.
— SMRT (@SMRT_Delays) October 24, 2017
According to the Twitter updates made by commuters, services slowly resumed around 9:13am.
But seriously, to avoid being caught unaware by train delays in the future, bookmark these community pages that’ll update you way more often than SMRT (or SBS Transit).
