Bukit Panjang LRT suffers power fault on 3 July morning
The Bukit Panjang LRT (BPLRT) suffered a major disruption on Thursday (3 July) morning due to a power fault.
The disruption hit all BPLRT stations from about 8.50am.
Normal service resumed at about 11.40am, nearly three hours after the disruption started.
Commuters advised to continue journey on bus in light of disruption
SMRT first alerted the public to the disruption at about 9.13am, citing a “power fault”.
Source: SMRT on Facebook
Commuters were advised to continue their journey using free regular buses and bridging buses.
Source: SMRT on Facebook
At 11.25am, SMRT announced that services were “progressively returning to normal”.
15 minutes later, SMRT confirmed that train service had resumed and that free bus services had stopped.
SMRT apologises for disruption
In another post, SMRT explained that the power fault occurred at about 8.50am.
Source: SMRT on Facebook
Staff were on-site to resolve the issue and assist affected commuters.
SMRT took the opportunity to apologise to commuters and thanked them for their patience.
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Featured image adapted from Land Transport Guru and SMRT on Facebook.
