Circle Line services resume after delay caused by power fault

A power fault on the Circle Line (CCL) on Sept 17 caused delays of about 30 minutes during the evening peak-hour commute.

- Chin Hui Shan

Transport operator SMRT first announced on Facebook at 6.11pm that there was a power fault on the CCL. At 7.45pm, it said on X that train services had fully resumed.

In an update at 6.42pm, SMRT said the momentary fault happened at about 5.50pm and there were no train services in both directions. Train services resumed after its engineers recovered power to the network and the fault was resolved within 15 minutes, it added.

SMRT later said that during this 15-minute period, the stalled trains did not have air-conditioning.

"The battery powers the ventilation fans and some lights, so it may not have been as bright," it added.

While its engineers restored power to the network, it said some segments of the network required trains to be safely reset.