UPDATE (11pm): SMRT updated that train services for North-South Line and East-West Line are back to normal. You can check it out here.
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At the end of a work day, we’d love to get home as fast as we can so we can refresh ourselves with long showers and nice meals.
Unfortunately, for commuters travelling along North-South Line (red), East-West Line (green) and Circle Line (yellow) earlier this evening, their journeys were delayed due to a massive power fault.
Image courtesy of MS News reader
Transport operator SMRT Corporation gave a live update on the situation in several tweets from 7.16pm.
Commuters were told to add 25 minutes travel time between Woodlands and Jurong East MRT stations.
As of 8.29pm on Wednesday (14 Oct), there are currently no train services between:
Free regular bus services have become available for commuters to continue their journey home.
You can look out for more alternative transport options on SMRT’s website here.
Several MS News readers have sent in pictures of their experience at the affected MRT stations.
Here’s the situation at Yew Tee MRT at 7.56pm.
It was pitch black at Jurong East MRT with only lights at the gantry illuminating the darkness.
Passengers were trapped at the gantries as they could not exit.
It’s no fun being trapped in darkness at MRT stations, on top of having your journey home delayed. But we’re positive that SMRT personnel are getting to the bottom of it.
Hopefully, they’ll be able to bring back the power soon, so that train services can swiftly resume.
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Featured image by MS News.
Though stallholders had seen her there, none of them reported it to the authorities.
His cause of death is unknown.
The items covered the entire expanse of the corridor.
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SIA had offered 10,000 KrisFlyer miles each, but they turned down the offer.
Customers praised the stall for having good food at a cheap price.