SMRT was hit by another train fault on Monday morning, which was worsened by the rainy weather which caused the tracks to be slippery. (Getty Images)
Commuters travelling on the East-West line on Monday morning were hit by another 30-minute train disruption.
According to SMRT’s Twitter account, train service was disrupted around 9.20am and lasted for about half an hour. The delay was made worse by the wet weather as trains were forced to travel at a lower speed due to the slippery track conditions on parts of the network.
Hence, commuters had to wait for about four minutes for each train as compared to the usual 2.5 minutes during peak hours.
Several commuters took to social networking platform Twitter to vent their woes.
Twitter user @Sanifoo tweeted that “[the] breakdown in [the] public service system CANNOT be accepted as the ‘norm’.”. Another user @reddawn joked that “at the speed this SMRT train is moving and constantly stopping, I am sure I can outrun it from one station to [the] next!”.
The latest incident follows a series of train delays that occurred this month.
On 18 April, train service on the Circle Line stopped for about two and a half hours, making it the second disruption this year wherein train services stopped completely.
Last week, SMRT announced that S$900 million will be spent on the renewal and preventive maintenance of Singapore’s metro system. The upgrading project is slated to take place over eight years.
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