MRT service resumes between Bukit Panjang and Beauty World with signalling fault fixed

MRT service on the Downtown Line (DTL) has resumed between Bukit Panjang and Beauty World as an earlier signalling fault has been fixed, said SBS Transit.

Free regular and bridging bus services have also ceased, the transport operator said in a Facebook post at 8.10am on Aug 28.

It said the "fault has been recovered since 7.22am", less than an hour after it first sent out an alert about the disruption.

In a Facebook post at 6.34am, SBS Transit said that DTL services were down between Bukit Panjang and Beauty World stations and that bridging buses had been activated.

In an update at 6.55am, it added that DTL service is available as per normal between the Beauty World and Expo stations.

It also said in a post on its X platform at 7.15am that while recovery works were ongoing, train shuttle service was available between the affected stations.

Commuters affected by the train disruption may look for alternate transport options by accessing the Alternative Transport Option tab of the SBS Transit app, or the Find My Way tab on the LTA MyTransport app.

When The Straits Times arrived at Beauty World MRT station at 7.50am, no crowd was observed, and there were no signs put up about the disruption.

This is the fourth train disruption to occur in August.

On Aug 6, MRT service on a stretch of the East-West Line was disrupted for five hours due to a faulty point machine near Jurong East station.

On Aug 12, a power fault caused a three-hour disruption to train services at 11 stations on the North East Line, between Farrer Park and Punggol Coast. On the same day, train services were disrupted for 10 hours on the Sengkang-Punggol LRT system, also due to a power fault.

On Aug 15, the Sengkang-Punggol LRT system experienced yet another disruption, when a cable fault between Farmway and Kupang stations in Sengkang tripped the power on the LRT network at 8.40am, affecting all 29 stations.