The Land Transport Authority (LTA) reported significant progress in repairing the cracked rail tracks between Clementi and Dover stations. This includes the delivery of heavy rail and the successful recovery and testing of track point machines.
SINGAPORE – Significant progress has been made in the repair of rail tracks between Clementi and Dover stations, said the Land Transport Authority in a Facebook post on Sept 28.the authority said its progress includes the delivery of heavy rail to the location of the portions that had cracked.
“Our teams have been working through the night and morning, and have made significant progress, including the completion of heavy rail delivery work,” said LTA in its Sept 28 Facebook post.– which are cracks or chips – along a 1.6km stretch of the westbound track between Dover and Clementi stations. They need to be removed and replaced with new rail sections to allow safe train operations.
The eastbound track was also damaged as the faulty train had to stop there to be pulled onto the track to Ulu Pandan Depot between Clementi and Jurong East stations, although the faulty axle box had dropped earlier on the westbound track near Dover station.
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