Major delay on MRT system along East-West line
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Major delay on MRT system along East-West line
By Alicia Wong | SingaporeScene – 1 hour 21 minutes ago
Thousands of commuters were stuck between 15 minutes to over an hour during a major peak hour delay on the MRT along the East-West line on Thursday morning.The cause is still being investigated but an announcement by the SMRT on one of the trains said it was due to a "faulty train between Tiong Bahru and Outram".
The delay during peak hour morning traffic caused many on their way to school or work to be late.
Public relations executive Felicia Goh, 24, told Yahoo Singapore she was stuck on the train for over an hour.
"I was initially stuck at Clementi before moving two stops and stalling again at Buona Vista," she said.
Train commuters stuck at Commonwealth MRT. (Yahoo! photo)
Undergraduate Jacqueline Wong, 22, was at Buona Vista station and after waiting for 15 minutes on the train and finding out about the long delay on micro-blogging platform Twitter, got off and took a bus instead.
Her mother was not so lucky. She took one hour and 20 minutes to get from Buona Vista station to Outram Park, reaching work two hours late, said Wong.
Jeremy Foo, 32, an engineer stuck at Outram Park station, added, "I heard trains have been delayed all morning. I've been waiting here for the last 25 minutes and still no train. This is bad."
Another commuter stuck at the Outram MRT station, sales manager, Germaine Chia, said what made it worse was that mobile phone reception was poor.
"People have been complaining since I got here. The trains are not running and there' s no reception so we can't call in at work. Thankfully, this seldom happens," said the 27-year-old.
A stationary station at Pasir Ris MRT. (Yahoo! photo)
Frustrated commuters also took to Twitter to complain about the crawling train service and warned others to skip the train ride this morning.
@Redha E tweeted, "I think the delay affected a lot of places. Lots of grumpy people at Bugis MRT tation when i got down just now."
Said @fumblies, "Thanks to the lengthy train delay, I get my much needed sleep on the stationary mrt + an excuse to be super late for lecture."
When contacted, SMRT said it will be releasing a statement soon.
On Sunday, a train was delayed at the Ang Mo Kio station after a Thai teenage girl fell onto the tracks and was hit by a train.
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MRT overloaded.
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Nothing wrong with the picture.
You still haven't gotten used to over crowding at the MRT stations yet?
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wah so many commuters on the west bound all late for work.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Nothing wrong with the picture.
You still haven't gotten used to over crowding at the MRT stations yet?
simi nothing wrong?Train breakdown still treating it as a joke?
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Originally posted by sbst275:
simi nothing wrong?Train breakdown still treating it as a joke?
We are advancing from world class to 2nd world transportation system.... So nothing wrong lor.
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Originally posted by Junyang700:
We are advancing from world class to 2nd world transportation system.... So nothing wrong lor.
I can only say they didn't bother to upgrade e MRT system until they realised it could not cope anymore. -
Originally posted by sbst275:
I can only say they didn't bother to upgrade e MRT system until they realised it could not cope anymore.Its too late I say. They need to put double decker trains... Have to revamp the whole system to cope with 6.5 million people.
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Originally posted by Junyang700:
Its too late I say. They need to put double decker trains... Have to revamp the whole system to cope with 6.5 million people.
alamakWhy think of 6m when we cannot handle 5m?
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Originally posted by sbst275:
alamakWhy think of 6m when we cannot handle 5m?
Must tink loong term.
Dont forget, our population increase by close to a million in the past 5 years... -
Originally posted by Junyang700:
Must tink loong term.
Dont forget, our population increase by close to a million in the past 5 years...
long term is long term, but now cannot handle cannot solve, dun tell me abt future le -
Originally posted by Junyang700:
Must tink loong term.
Dont forget, our population increase by close to a million in the past 5 years...Oei why I read everywhere in sgforum and I can see everybody saying same language "MUST THINK LONG TERM"??? Did our multi million dollar salary ministers say something wrong AGAIN?
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Originally posted by Falsemove123:
Oei why I read everywhere in sgforum and I can see everybody saying same language "MUST THINK LONG TERM"??? Did our multi million dollar salary ministers say something wrong AGAIN?
Nope. Just that it rhymes...
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nothing works in sg
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Originally posted by Junyang700:
Must tink loong term.
Dont forget, our population increase by close to a million in the past 5 years...loong term so popular now.
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Worst part is that the mrt has no air con!
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Originally posted by Falsemove123:
Oei why I read everywhere in sgforum and I can see everybody saying same language "MUST THINK LONG TERM"??? Did our multi million dollar salary ministers say something wrong AGAIN?
not ' must think long term '
is ' must think (lh loong ) term '
understand.....?
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Originally posted by Ä«Õß:¸ïÀë:
not ' must think long term '
is ' must think (lh loong ) term '
understand.....?
so understanding.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
so understanding.
at first i tout its a spelling mistakes, but afetr several times reading the same thing, i know it means something.....
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Originally posted by Ä«Õß:¸ïÀë:
at first i tout its a spelling mistakes, but afetr several times reading the same thing, i know it means something.....
you finally understand the meaning of totalism.
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what time did it break down? and im confused, is it west bound train or east bound that brokedown? :/
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the epic fail part is when SMRT TOs play the normal announcement of train delay... then say 10mins. but ending become 60mins.
and it's only redhill 
tiong bahru.
at least open your emergency exits and let people walk and exit the station and take the bus or what lah.
if you cant open the exits, then stop playing the video on what to do in an emergency where the emergency exits are opened and passengers are taught how to walk on the track. -
Originally posted by sbst275:
simi nothing wrong?Train breakdown still treating it as a joke?
So train breakdown is my fault, the commuter lah?
Are you working for the public transport company by any chance?
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Originally posted by sbst275:
long term is long term, but now cannot handle cannot solve, dun tell me abt future leYou better tell your concerns to the people at the top.
It's not Singaporeans who want 6 million people.
But be careful they don't tell you to get out of their elite uncaring faces.