Delays on North-South Line again this morning, but SMRT assures it’s not due to the new signaling project

Train services on the North-South Line faced severe delays once again due to a track fault in the morning rush hour today, but SMRT assured that it was not linked to the new signaling project. As if that’d make commuters any happier about getting their journey derailed yet again.

SMRT announced the track fault at 7:32am, alerting commuters to add another 15 minutes to their traveling time from Yew Tee to Jurong East MRT stations.

The subsequent congestion prompted the transport operator to advise commuters heading to the Central Business District to take the south-bound train instead towards Marina South Pier.

Train services were said to have resumed normally at 8:53am.

As train disruptions go, today’s delays weren’t as bad as the two incidents from last week. Still, delays are delays, no matter how long one might be stranded in crowded trains.



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