SINGAPORE: Train services along the Bukit Panjang Light Rail Transit (LRT) line resumed on Wednesday (Oct 23) morning, after a faulty train had disrupted services the night before. Tra
New: You can now listen to articles.SINGAPORE: Train services along the Bukit Panjang Light Rail Transit line resumed on Wednesday morning, after a
Transport operator SMRT said in a Facebook update at 5.07am on Wednesday that its engineers and technicians had worked through the night to restore the Bukit Panjang LRT system. "Our engineers successfully repaired the short segment of power rail and brought the faulty train back to the depot for further checks," it added.SMRT said a train was"immobilised" near Teck Whye station at about 5.20pm on Tuesday and a"rescue" train deployed to move it back to the depot"also stalled" while it was on its way back.A CNA reader, who asked to be known only as Kannan, said he was near Teck Whye LRT station around 5.
Thinking it was a car accident initially, he later realised that an LRT train had stalled at the station. He said he saw passengers being evacuated from the train before workers attempted to move the four-car train."During the overnight recovery, our engineers conducted investigations and found that the rescue train was a good functioning train. It was unable to move because of the deflated tyre from the faulty train," it added.
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