SINGAPORE: Train service between Joo Koon and Tuas Link stations was suspended on Thursday (Nov 16) for the authorities to carry out investigations, after two trains collided a day earlier. In a tweet at 4.43am on Thursday, SMRT said free bus services were available between Joo Koon and Tuas Link stations. Investigations so far found that a glitch in the new communications-based train control system wiped out a safety software feature when the first train passed a faulty circuit. The French firm which provided the signalling system, Thales, said that this was the first time such an incident had happened. "In fact, the CBTC (communications-based train control) is on record as one of the safest systems.

Source: The Star November 16, 2017 00:56 UTC