No service on Sengkang-Punggol LRT due to power fault: SBS Transit
Long queues at Punggol LRT on Aug 12. A power switchboard failure led to the disruption of the Sengkang-Punggol LRT system for about 10 hours that day.
SINGAPORE - Train services on the Sengkang-Punggol LRT line have halted due to a power fault on the morning of Aug 15.
Free regular bus services are available from Sengkang Bus Interchange and bus stops near designated stations, said SBS Transit.
Free bridging bus services have also been activated, said the transport operator in a Facebook post at 8.55am.
Commuters were advised to follow directional signs to get to the boarding point for these bus services.
Netizens who left comments on Facebook were largely disappointed at the disruption. Facebook user Debbie Michelle Aurelia, for instance, said that after the train had stalled, the announcement to alight was made only after more than five minutes.
Others touched on how it was the second time in three days that service on the Sengkang-Punggol LRT line has been disrupted by a power fault.
On Aug 12, operations on the line
stopped for about one hour in the afternoon.
The breakdown was later found to have been caused by a flashover - an unintended electrical discharge - in one of the voltage transformers used to regulate the power supply, which led to a power trip.
This story is developing.
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