Singapore's MRT service disrupted for two hours during morning peak due to power fault

Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) service was disrupted along the North East Line for nearly two hours during Monday's morning peak hour due to a power fault, the company said.

No trains were running between Punggol and Harbourfront stations in both directions from 5:23 a.m., the transport operator, SBS Transit, first announced on its Twitter account.

The transport operator updated two hours later that its service has resumed.

Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) later announced that preliminary investigations indicate that a new train undergoing testing damaged the overhead catenary system (OCS) as it was withdrawing to the depot. The power failure affected the launching of trains for the morning service.

LTA said the exact cause of the incident is under investigation.

In July, Singapore's two main MRT lines came to a complete halt simultaneously during an evening peak hour, causing large numbers of commuters to be stranded. The disruption last about three hours, which was possibly the worst public transport disruption Singapore had experienced. Enditem