Several stranded commuters, including those with young children, had to walk on the train tracks on Sat after a train fault on the Bukit Panjang LRT (BPLRT) brought services to a halt. Train service was disrupted for nearly two hours. In a tweet at around 2.20pm, SMRT said there was no train service on the BPLRT due to a “train fault” between Phoenix and Bukit Panjang station. In a subsequent tweet at around 2.50pm, SMRT said that Train Service A had resumed and that its engineers were working to recover Train Service B. At around 3.50pm, SMRT said the train fault was cleared and that Train Service B was “gradually being restored”. After 10 minutes of “troubleshooting”, a passenger said the engineer allowed them to walk along the track to Bukit Panjang station. The passenger also noted that the train cabin was “very hot” as there was no air conditioning during that period.... Continue Reading