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Power Fault Causes 6-Hour Peak Period Disruption on North-East Line

A broken contact wire is believed to be the cause of a power fault that resulted in a 6-hour disruption on the...

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Former SAF High-Flyers and Other Top Executives Quit SMRT En Masse

A string of resignations of key executives, including former SAF high-flyers who were recently recruited, has left many wondering whether trouble is...

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Janil Sparks Anger After Announcing 6-Year Delay in Opening of Hume MRT Station

It would take close to an hour for residents in the Upper Bukit Timah region near Hume Avenue to reach the CBD...

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Singaporean Sends China Tourist Who Insulted Him on Wrong Route – All the Way to Tuas

“华人不会讲华语，你好意思吗?” Translated to Singlish: “Chinese don’t know how to speak Chinese, you not embarrassed ah?” According to Timothy Bon, a Chinese tourist...

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MRT Train Moves Off with Door Still Open, SMRT Suspends Station Manager

SMRT has suspended a station manager who it claims erroneously allowed a train to move off while one of its carriage doors...

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Union’s Recommendation to Handle Train Breakdowns: Get Public to Help

The National Transport Workers’ Union (NTWU) has recommended that the public be mobilised to help when trains break down. NTWU said that...

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SMRT Worker’s Foot Amputated after Track Incident with Track Tamping Vehicle

A SMRT worker was injured after a track accident involving a maintenance vehicle on Wednesday (12 Nov) and had to have his...

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New SMRT CEO: “Deep-Seated Cultural Issues” Don’t Exist

SMRT’s new CEO, Neo Kian Hong, has gone and done a u-turn on his predecessor Desmond Kuek. Speaking to reporters at a...

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Bus and Train Fares Raised by the Maximum Increase Allowed of 4.3 Percent

Bus and trains fares will rise by an overall 4.3 percent from 29 Dec this year. That, according to the Public Transport...

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Commuters Left Frustrated as East-West Line Hit by Second Peak Hour Disruption in 2 Days

Commuters on the East-West Line this morning faced a 40-minute travelling time delay due to a track fault during the morning peak...

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Gas Leak from SMRT Train Engulfs Tanjong Pagar MRT Station Platform in Smoke

Smoke from beneath a train caused a scare at Tanjong Pagr MRT Station this morning. At about 9.45am, the train pulled into...

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Commuters Should Not Be Punished with Higher Fares if Rail Reliability and Service Goes Down

ELSON: Two components of the formula for calculating public transport fares have been removed – rail reliability and service. Such fare calculation...

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SMRT Chief Operations Officer Arrested at Woodlands Checkpoint for Drink-Driving

SMRT trains Chief Operations Officer Alvin Kek was reportedly arrested early Saturday morning for drink-driving. The 50-year-old was detained by police at...