No escape at all from the blight of train delays this week. After a track fault caused some woe for commuters along SMRT’s East-West Line (EWL) on Monday, it was the commuters along SBS Transit’s North East Line (NEL) who had their morning ruined during today’s rush hour.
The public was alerted to a train fault at Little India MRT Station around 7:30am, adding another 15 minutes travel time for city-bound commuters.
0730h/ NEL service towards HarbourFront NE1 is delayed due to a train
fault Little India. Additional travel time of about 15minutes may be expected. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.— SBS Transit (@SBSTransit_Ltd) April 10, 2018
Not long after, free bridging buses were provided between Outram and Potong Pasir MRT stations because train services were completely crippled between both stations. And in both directions too.
07.46am: NEL delay – To assist with yr journey, free bus rides avail at designated bus stops from Outram to Potong Pasir. Pls approach staff for help.
— SBS Transit (@SBSTransit_Ltd) April 10, 2018
11/04, 7.55am: NEL delay – Due to train fault at LTI, no train svc frm Outram to Potong Pasir bth bound, free bus rides available frm OTP to PTP. We are sorry.
— SBS Transit (@SBSTransit_Ltd) April 10, 2018
Took an hour by bus to get from Punggol to Serangoon. Yay. Now another hour by train. Yay.#NEL #MRT still down 🙁
— ceezedby (@ceezedby) April 11, 2018
SBS Transit then heaped another 15 minutes to the delay in travel time due to trains moving at a much slower speed. The entire NEL — from the Punggol end to the Harbourfront end — was affected in both directions. It was warned that MRT stations would be crowded (no kidding).
7.58am: NEL delay – Due to train fault at Little India, trains are moving slower speed. Please add 30 minutes of travelling time between Punggol and HarbourFront. Free bus boarding are available from Outram Park to Potong Pasir stations.
— SBS Transit (@SBSTransit_Ltd) April 11, 2018
08:37am: NEL Train service resume at 0836hrs, please note that Stations may still be crowded. Please add 15min additional traveling time between Punggol and HarbourFront both bound,
— SBS Transit (@SBSTransit_Ltd) April 11, 2018
Not even taking MRT but still affected by the mrt delay with the massive jam outside dhoby ghaut. Nice.
— ▪ Koh Wen Xiang ▪ (@BeingGentle34) April 11, 2018
It was only around 9:18am that the NEL returned to regular service.
09:18am: NEL is back to regular service. Free boarding and bridging bus has ceased. Once again, we are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
— SBS Transit (@SBSTransit_Ltd) April 11, 2018
