Chestnut Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 A power fault on the North-South, East-West and Circle Lines at the same time on Oct. 14 evening peak hour wreaked havoc for thousands of commuters on their way home. A power fault on the North-South, East-West and Circle Lines at the same time on Oct. 14 evening peak hour wreaked havoc for thousands of commuters on their way home. Train services on these three MRT lines were disrupted between Jurong East and Marsiling, Serangoon and HarbourFront, as well as Clementi and Tuas Link. Train services along North-South and East-West lines were first disrupted at around 7pm. Large crowds, overwhelmed shuttle buses SMRT said train services were restored progressively from 8:45pm, but long queues and crowds formed at the bus stops right outside of affected MRT stations, including Clementi, Buona Vista and Queenstown MRT stations. Police officers stepped in According to at least one Instagram story by @TechnicallyBrian, the first free shuttle bus at Queenstown MRT was overwhelmed with an agitated crowd, who allegedly rocked the bus. He told Mothership that the crowd was angry and that there was only one shuttle bus that came after more than half an hour. Police officers allegedly had to yell at commuters to manage the situation. He also noticed that several commuters hurled complaints about the lack of social distance and wanting to go home. Grab surge Stranded commuters who attempted to book a private hire car out of the area were met with a surge in ride prices. https://mothership.sg/2020/10/crowd-grab-mrt-power-fault-breakdown-2020/ 2 Shalala lala la la ~ 🌠 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Sb61... Huat ar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 For me, i rather go somewhere to window shop and dont join the mad crowd. Its been months that the train operate smoothly and now suddenly fault starts 1 Shalala lala la la ~ 🌠 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Chestnut said: For me, i rather go somewhere to window shop and dont join the mad crowd. Its been months that the train operate smoothly and now suddenly fault starts Tis type scenario just walk off the train route and use google map and find way(other buses + walk) home... But those stuck on the train bobian cannot get off... Actually tis drama is quite serious cos 1) DR failed 2) the ppl totally not organized and cmi when handle emergency... Edited October 16, 2020 by XianGe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Heng I always take bus, this year I think I take mrt less then 8 times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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