7 MRT Stations in Green Line Closing Early in October 2018

2018-09-26 , 6:50 pm

In case you’ve somehow missed it, we’ve almost made it through September. Which means…the maintenance schedule for the month of October is out!

Not that we have anything to complain about: after all, SMRT did give Singaporeans lesser trouble this year, compared to previous years.

Here’s what you need to know because, at least, if you’re going to be out late, you can still catch the last train.

Or be mentally prepared to pay for a taxi.

Or a Grab, of course.

7 MRT Stations Affected For The Month of October

For the month of October 2018, seven MRT stations along the East-West Line (EWL), or the green line as some of them call it, will be affected by the maintenance works.

The seven affected stations are:

Clementi
Dover
Bouna Vista
Commonwealth
Queenstown
Redhill
Tiong Bahru

Similar to the previous months’ timing, these stations will close earlier at around 11 pm on Fridays and Saturdays.

Now, if you’ve somehow missed the last train, that’s okay because there are shuttle buses available for you to get home.

Shuttle Bus Service 1 will drive between Jurong East and Outram Park, dropping and picking up passengers at designated bus stops near to the affected MRT stations.

You can find out the exact timings here.

SMRT Upgrading North-South and East-West Lines Power Supply System

The purpose of the maintenance works this time is to safely renew and upgrade the EWL power supply system.

They’ll have to replace nearly 1,300km of power cables, 250km of fibre optic cables and over 170 sub-stations. With that and real-time condition monitoring systems put into place, train service reliability will, hopefully, improve.

I mean, the train disruption at Clementi just a couple of days ago just showed that SMRT has the power to make or break your day.

Disruption on Peak Hours

If you’ve taken the EW line to work on 19 Sep, you’d have known about a disruption that lasted for a whopping seven hours.

But what’s worse is that it started as early as 7:00 a.m., and the fault occurred at Clementi MRT Station.

According to The Straits Times, the trains were allegedly unable to change tracks, and therefore the change had to be done manually.

The fault affected the stations from Boon Lay to Queenstown, and free regular and bridging buses were available between these two stations. But given that it’s peak hours, that won’t have sufficed.

Here, take a look for yourself.

I don’t know about you, but if all it takes for these kinds of situations to be avoided is early closures, I’ll take it in a heartbeat. Agree?

Though you’ll have to wonder if they’re going to take a look at the switch, because apparently, the 7-hour disruption was caused by a switch.

By the way, we’re talking about a real switch, not a game console #incaseyouarewondering

7 MRT Stations in Green Line Closing Early in October 2018

7 MRT Stations Affected For The Month of October

SMRT Upgrading North-South and East-West Lines Power Supply System

Disruption on Peak Hours

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