Train Accident
Source: Channelnewsasia - Man dies after getting hit by train at Chinese Garden Station
I was on my way home from school, where class ended at 9:50pm. I then took a slow walk to the MRT station where it is cheaper to take Train-Bus than Bus-Bus :) I took the Siemens train and stood at my usual 2nd last blue carriage area number 1212.
When it was slowing down at Chinese Garden at 1015pm, suddenly the train performed an Emergency Brake. I thought it was just a normal EB where there could be a train ahead or just the train's safety feature kicking in. But when the train stayed stationery damn long, it felt wierd too. The aircon suddenly lost power and ventilation mode was on. Every carriage was in service-light mode, 3 lights per carriage. It was already 1030pm and there weren't any announcement about whats going on, when passengers started moving towards the head train to exit the train.
I observed the train's other carriages before 1212 (2212, 2211, 1211, 3211) had no power on its line. The station must have turned the power off. Something bad must have happened, and yes indeed. Police and Civil Defence sirens were blaring away outside the station. Cops and SCDF personnel were rushing up to assess the situation, bringing in heavy duty machinery.
No train service to boon lay due to accident - announcement :(
Shuttle bus service were deployed, and it was filled to the max, even bendy busses!!
So I waited for like 1 hour (and during that time looked at the men at work, very busy indeed) and took 180 back to Boon Lay. By that time or even before around 1115pm trains were resuming service.
Now back home.. and CNA has posted news of it too..
I was on my way home from school, where class ended at 9:50pm. I then took a slow walk to the MRT station where it is cheaper to take Train-Bus than Bus-Bus :) I took the Siemens train and stood at my usual 2nd last blue carriage area number 1212.
When it was slowing down at Chinese Garden at 1015pm, suddenly the train performed an Emergency Brake. I thought it was just a normal EB where there could be a train ahead or just the train's safety feature kicking in. But when the train stayed stationery damn long, it felt wierd too. The aircon suddenly lost power and ventilation mode was on. Every carriage was in service-light mode, 3 lights per carriage. It was already 1030pm and there weren't any announcement about whats going on, when passengers started moving towards the head train to exit the train.
I observed the train's other carriages before 1212 (2212, 2211, 1211, 3211) had no power on its line. The station must have turned the power off. Something bad must have happened, and yes indeed. Police and Civil Defence sirens were blaring away outside the station. Cops and SCDF personnel were rushing up to assess the situation, bringing in heavy duty machinery.
No train service to boon lay due to accident - announcement :(
Shuttle bus service were deployed, and it was filled to the max, even bendy busses!!
So I waited for like 1 hour (and during that time looked at the men at work, very busy indeed) and took 180 back to Boon Lay. By that time or even before around 1115pm trains were resuming service.
Now back home.. and CNA has posted news of it too..
NoMaD_MCV
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