Power trip in Singapore after lightning strike stalls MRT services on NSL for over two hours on gloomy Sunday (June 3)


SMRT said on Facebook at 7.17pm that no trains would be plying from Choa Chu Kang to Woodlands. - PHOTO: NAW PA ZAW PHAW/FACEBOOK via The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A traction power fault disrupted commutes along the northern stretch of the North-South MRT Line for more than two hours during peak traffic on June 3.

Transport operator SMRT said the fault, which occurred at about 5.50pm, meant that no trains could travel from Choa Chu Kang to Woodlands.

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