A track point fault on the North-South Line (NSL) that triggered delays of up to 25 minutes on Wednesday morning during rush hour was resolved more than five hours after it was flagged. This is the second disruption on the line during the morning peak hour in three days. On...
A track point fault on the North-South Line that triggered delays of up to 25 minutes on Wednesday morning during rush hour was resolved more than five hours after it was flagged.the NSL was hit by a track fault.
A track point fault – a glitch affecting a switch that allows trains to change tracks – occurred between Sembawang and Admiralty MRT stations at 6.45am, transport operator SMRT said on Facebook. SMRT said in a Facebook post that remedying the track point fault required staff to go to the track and check the faulty point machine, which is used to control train movements at rail junctions when trains move from one track to another.
“For safety, once the fault was detected, trains moved at a slow speed of 5kmh, resulting in commuters being advised to add 25 minutes train travel time,” it said.
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