DTL signalling fault fixed; MRT train service resumes between Bukit Panjang and Beauty World

SINGAPORE – MRT service on the Downtown Line (DTL) has resumed between Bukit Panjang and Beauty World as an earlier signalling fault has been fixed, said SBS Transit.

Free regular and bridging bus services have also ceased, the transport operator said in a Facebook post at 8.10am on Aug 28.

It said the “fault has been recovered since 7.22am”, less than an hour after it first sent out an alert about the disruption.

In a Facebook post at 6.34am, SBS Transit said the DTL service was down between Bukit Panjang and Beauty World stations and that bridging buses had been activated.

At 6.55am, it said in an update that the DTL service was running as usual between the Beauty World and Expo stations.

It also said in a post on its X platform at 7.15am that while recovery works were ongoing, train shuttle service was available between the affected stations.

Commuters affected by the train disruption may look for alternative transport options by accessing the Alternative Transport Option tab of the SBS Transit app, or the Find My Way tab on the LTA MyTransport app.

When The Straits Times arrived at Beauty World MRT station at 7.50am, no crowd was observed, and there were no signs put up about the disruption.

This is the fourth train disruption to occur in August.

On Aug 6, MRT service on a stretch of the East-West Line was

disrupted for five hours due to a faulty point machine

near Jurong East station.

On Aug 12,

a power fault caused a three-hour disruption to train service

at 11 stations on the North East Line, between Farrer Park and Punggol Coast. On the same day, the train service was disrupted for 10 hours on the Sengkang-Punggol LRT system, also due to a power fault.

On Aug 15, the Sengkang-Punggol LRT system

experienced yet another disruption

when a cable fault between Farmway and Kupang stations in Sengkang tripped the power on the LRT network at 8.40am, affecting all 29 stations.