The severe disruption on the East-West MRT Line that started on Sep 25 affected about half a million passenger journeys each day out of 2.8 million daily train-based journeys, causing significant inconvenience to commuters.
It also resulted in severe damage to the rail infrastructure which requires extensive repairs over more than five days. Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat, who detailed the sequence of events and responses in a ministerial statement in Parliament on Tuesday , extended “sincere apologies once again to all affected commuters”. He told the House that the Land Transport Authority will conduct a thorough investigation to ascertain what happened and identify areas of improvement.
It also resulted in severe damage to the rail infrastructure which requires extensive repairs over more than five days. Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat, who detailed the sequence of events and responses in a ministerial statement in Parliament on Tuesday , extended “sincere apologies once again to all affected commuters”. He told the House that the Land Transport Authority will conduct a thorough investigation to ascertain what happened and identify areas of improvement.
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