Western office workers have the phrase "Monday Blue" to indicate that they are about to start working five days a week. This morning (29 April), Singapore's commuters found another reason to be depressed: Singapore's MRT Yellow Line (Circle Line) collapsed during rush hour.
Source: Xiaohongshu @新台小资分享记
At around 6 a.m., SMRT posted a notice on Facebook, revealing that the travel time between Holland Village Station (CC21) and Pasir Panjang Station (CC26) is expected to be extended by 30 minutes due to train failures.
Source: Facebook@SMRT
Schematic diagram of the fault route
Then, at 6:28 a.m., SMRT updated the information that there was also a problem with the train between Bishan Station (CC15) and One North Station (CC23), and the estimated travel time was extended by another 30 minutes.
Source: Facebook@SMRT
Schematic diagram of the fault route
Soon after, SMRT said that the route from Paya Lebar to One North MRT station had been affected.
Keen netizens felt that something was wrong before they reached the platform, and the crowd was much more crowded than usual.
Another netizen shared his experience: he left home at 4:30 in the morning, but because of the failure of the yellow line, he barely got on the subway to reach Farrer Park subway station until 6:35, and then was asked to get off the train and wait.
Source: Facebook @Peen Alvin
Some people also took the opportunity to complain, saying that they always met people who were blocking the front in the subway station and couldn't leave
Source: Xiaohongshu @玩意儿
SMRT provides free bus service between Bishan Station and Gangwan Station (CC29) and calls on passengers to consider other modes of transportation. There are many passengers who want to change taxis, but they can't get a taxi, so they have to move slowly along the crowd.
Source: Facebook@SMRT
Some netizens said that they felt that the probability of the yellow line failure was higher than that of other lines.
The already tense Monday morning commute to work became even more chaotic. According to SMRT, the subway service returned to normal around 8:11 a.m., but a friend of Eye said he still saw a full crowd at Bishan subway station at around 8:15 a.m. this morning, and the train stopped on the track for a few minutes before arriving at Dacheng subway station.
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