Train services on Singapore's East-West Line were disrupted for six days due to severe rail damage, shocking railway engineers. Experts are conducting nightly inspections and ultrasonic testing to ensure the newly replaced sections of rail are free from defects.
LTA's deputy director for trackwork, Mr Zailani Mohamed Idris , and Mr Shazni Jaffar, a senior engineer at S MRT , were among the more than 800 workers mobilised to carry out repairs.
In one of the worst disruptions to Singapore’s MRT system in its 37-year history, train services along the EWL between Jurong East and Buona Vista were crippled for six days. For Mr Shazni, this was the first major MRT disruption he has been involved in since joining the rail industry five years ago. “I was shocked,” he told reporters. “When I saw the extent of the damage, I knew we definitely would not be able to fix it in one night.”
An SMRT staff member helping a commuter at Jurong East MRT station during the morning peak period on Sept 27. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH Similarly, Mr Shazni did not know the extent of the disruption until he was called into a meeting on Sept 25 evening and saw the initial assessments. New rail segments were delivered to the affected stretch early on Sept 27 during engineering hours, before cutting and welding work began at about 8am that day.
When it was not raining, the sweltering heat also hampered rail replacement. Besides raising the risk of workers getting fatigued and suffering heat exhaustion, Mr Shazni said rail cutting was especially challenging between 10am and 3pm, as the heat would cause the rails to expand and rail saws to get stuck.
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