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3 possible causes for Tuesday's train breakdown; investigations ongoing

Published Wed, Jul 8, 2015 · 06:33 AM

SINGAPORE - SMRT and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) have identified three possible causes for the power trips on Tuesday evening, which eventually led to a shutdown of the North-South and East-West lines for over two hours during the evening peak period.

After doing a walk through the tunnels, engineers found that the insulation on two power cables along the North-South line were damaged.

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