Train service disrupted at six Downtown Line stations due to locomotive fire


Train service was disrupted from Fort Canning to Mattar stations after a locomotive carrying out maintenance works caught fire. - LTA

SINGAPORE: Train service was disrupted along a stretch of six Downtown Line stations for more than an hour in the morning on Friday (May 24), after a locomotive carrying out maintenance works caught fire.

In a Facebook post, rail operator SBS Transit (SBST) said the tracks between Fort Canning station and Mattar station were closed from the start of service until 7.26am, when train service resumed along the stretch again.

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