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Track fault disrupts train service but normal service back again after 1 1/2hours

Tanah Merah MRT station, where commuters were told to alight. -- PHOTO: ADRIAN CHEONG
Tanah Merah MRT station, where commuters were told to alight. -- PHOTO: ADRIAN CHEONG
Tanah Merah MRT station, where commuters were told to alight. -- PHOTO: ADRIAN CHEONG
The crowd at a bus stop outside Tanah Merah MRT station. -- PHOTO: TWITTER OF FENG
Train service between Tampines and Tanah Merah on the East-West line was disrupted on Wednesday night, at about 10pm but was back up again before 11.30pm. -- PHOTO: AZIZ YUSOFF
Train service between Tampines and Tanah Merah on the East-West line was disrupted on Wednesday night, at about 10pm but was back up again before 11.30pm. -- ST PHOTO: ONG HWEE HWEE
Pearl Lee
Updated
Jan 23, 2016, 03:42 AM
Published
Jan 22, 2014, 11:14 PM

Train service between Tampines and Tanah Merah on the East-West line was disrupted on Wednesday night, at about 10 pm but was back up again before 11.30pm.

Train operator SMRT said in its official Twitter channel at about 10.45 pm on Wednesday that the disruption is due to a track fault, and engineers "are at the site rectifying the fault now".

It also provided free bus bridging services between Pasir Ris and Tanah Merah to affected commuters.

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