The improvement people have been waiting for
If you have noticed, not a lot of disruptions happened on the year alone. I so happen to take the MRT, and I can say that it is reliable. However I can also say the transporting bit is slow. Remember the time when trains used to buzz by in almost all places? Well, they can’t seem to do that on some parts. Maybe the reason why is because that they are “lengthening the track life” for the particular section of the track (an example of going to Yio Chu Kang to Khatib, there is a section where it just slows down for no particular reason)
That’s all the pet peeves I have to say about MRT currently in general, but for the most part, it is fine this year. But still, here are the list of the MRT Disruptions faced in 2019!
January (12th Round: Closing sections early from Raffles Place to Bugis on the first half)
1. 22nd January: Line: North-South Line. Stations Affected: Woodlands to Yew Tee, possibly the whole Line. Cause: Train Fault at Marsiling. ATT: 30 Mins. Others: FBB was available. Time: 8:06AM-9:08AM Source bois: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/delay-on-north-south-line-due-to-train-fault-at-marsiling-mrt-station & https://sg.news.yahoo.com/first-major-train-fault-2019-024735276.html
2. 29th January: Line: Circle Line. Stations Affected: Telok Blangah and HarbourFront, no train service. Cause: Track fault. Others: FBB Available. Time: 12:50PM-2:19PM
February (I stopped counting lol)
3. 20th February: Line: North-South Line (and also East-West Line) Stations Affected: Marsiling to ??? Cause: Train/Track fault near Sembawang. ATT: 10 Mins. Others: This fault was not announced by SMRT. Happened during the peak hours. Time: ~8:11AM-9AM. SPS: https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2019/02/20/train-delay-along-nsl-on-tuesday-morning-ewl-affected/
March
3* 04th March: Line: North-South Line. Stations Affected: Jurong East to Woodlands. Cause: Train fault (possibly at Yew Tee) ATT: 30 Mins. Others: FBB available between Choa Chu Kang and Woodlands. I also checked and there isn’t much in delays in February, just usual, slow MRT’s. Time: 10:58AM-11:23AM
4. 06th March: Line: Downtown Line. Stations Affected: The Downtown Line. Cause: Signalling Fault (Glitch) ATT: 20 Mins. Others: FBB Available at the designated bus stops. Sours: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/signalling-fault-causes-delay-on-downtown-line-commuters-to-add-10-minutes Time: 7:45AM-9:01AM
5. 11th March: Line: East-West Line. Stations Affected: Joo Koon to Lakeside for stations towards Pasir Ris. Cause: Platform doors fault at Lakeside. ATT: 15 Mins. Time: (Possibly started 4:12PM) 4:40PM-6:03PM Chilli: https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2019/03/12/train-service-delay-near-monday-evening-along-the-ewl/
6. 15th March: Line: East-West Line. Stations Affected: Jurong East to Queenstown. Cause: Track Fault at Clementi. ATT: 30 Mins. Others: Initially no train service for the stations. Lasted for a few hours, and caused rush hour delay. Time: 5:59AM-8:18AM. Sours: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/east-west-line-hit-by-major-delay-during-friday-morning-rush-hour AND https://sg.news.yahoo.com/smrt-track-fault-causes-rush-hour-delay-friday-morning-233150447.html
7. ALSO, on the Circle Line, there were no train service happening between Dhoby Ghaut/Marina Bay to Stadium. FBB was available between Dhoby Ghaut and Marina Bay to Paya Lebar. This happened because there was a signalling fault. (7:30PM-8:43PM)
8. 24th March: Line: Bukit Panjang LRT. Stations Affected: Choa Chu Kang to Bukit Panjang. Cause: Power Fault. Time: 8:58AM-9:30AM
April
9. 02nd April: Line: Bukit Panjang LRT. Stations Affected: Choa Chu Kang to Bukit Panjang. Cause: Train Fault. Time: 10:05AM-11:06AM
May
10* 09th May: Line: Circle Line. Stations Affected: Stadium to Dhoby Ghaut. Cause: Train Fault. ATT: 15 Mins. Others: FBB available between Paya Lebar and Dhoby Ghaut/Marina Bay. This fault might also affected North-South Line, delaying at Raffles Place. Time: 5:55PM-6:23PM. Sos: https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2019/05/10/train-delay-along-ccl-on-thursday-evening-affecting-nsl/
11. 14th May. Line: North-South Line. Stations Affected: Ang Mo Kio to Bishan towards Marina Bay. Cause: Track Point Failure. ATT: 25 Mins. Others: FBB Available. Time: 10:37AM-12:33PM
12. 26th May. Line: Circle Line. Stations Affected: Paya Lebar to Bayfront. Cause:
13. ALSO, Line: North-South Line. Stations Affected: No train service between Orchard to Marina South Pier. Cause: Power Fault.
June
There are no disruptions faced on this month. This has been the first time since November 2011.
July
14. 03rd July: Line: East-West Line. Stations Affected: Dover. Cause: Platform Doors Fault. ATT: 10 Mins Others: Dover station has been skipped due to the said fault. Passangers were adviced to take to Buona Vista and board buses should passengers want to go to Dover. This fault was not announced on SMRT’s Twitter. Time: 8:54AM-10:15AM Thai Chili: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/eastbound-trains-on-east-west-line-skipping-dover-station
15* 06th July: Line: Bukit Panjang LRT. Stations Affected: Bukit Panjang LRT. Cause: Signalling Fault. Time: 11:08AM-11:37AM
16. 19th July: Line: North-East Line. Stations Affected: North-East Line. Only HarbourFront was available. ATT: 15 Mins. Cause: Track Fault. Time 8:10AM-9:24AM Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/mrt-delay-on-north-east-line-due-to-track-fault
August-November
There were no disruptions faced during this time, only facing slight disruptions from time to time.
December
17. 16th December: Line: North-South Line. Stations Affected: Bukit Gombak to Kranji. Cause: Signalling Fault. ATT: 20 Mins. Time 8:15AM-8:50AM. Others: FBB available. Ended 20 minutes after the services resumed. Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/mrt-north-south-line-train-delay-smrt-signalling-fault-12186480
The End!
That’s it! There isn’t much to talk about this year in terms of the MRT, right? Maybe it is now time to give MRT delays a rest. It has been fun taking time researching on the disruptions. MRT is finally seems to be improving (besides that fare hike that we all know and love, of course) and that’s all about it for MRT disruptions. Thanks for coming to my page I guess, you can go look at something else now.
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