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Just when you thought the MRT breakdowns are no more an in thing, this morning, SMRT tries to remind the public again that breakdowns are part of our lives. An east-bound stretch of the East-West Line (EWL) has been affected by a track fault at Redhill station on Wednesday morning.

However, most passengers said that the waiting time was far longer than what SMRT tweeted, with one commuter even saying that she was stuck on a MRT train at Choa Chu Kang station for 40 minutes. Another commuter said he took 40 minutes to travel from Yew Tee to Jurong East, which is just four stations apart.

A reader complained about a bus driver whom he claims to be from China who was unprofessional in insisting that he pay the adult fare for his daughter although she is shorter than 120cm. He has reported the incident to the police.

A passenger complained about the major train breakdown on 18 August and insisted SMRT should not charge commuters whenever they have disruptions. Do you agree?

Even Workers' Party's Gerald Giam responded to the recent spate of MRT breakdowns by questioning Minister Khaw Boon Wan if he thinks the media is still unfairly magnifying the problem.

The lack of detection measures on the Bukit Panjang LRT network was already under intense spotlight due to the death of a man who fell onto the tracks there in March and was run over by two trains.

Our reader who takes the train everyday has complained about the massive train delay that crippled the NSL and DTL this morning. She claims SMRT reported shorter waiting time when passengers actually took more than 1 hr to reach their destinations. How will SMRT and SBS be accountable?

Another accident happened at Orchard Road this morning, resulting in a car smashing into bushes along the roadside. It may have been due to the wet weather but the Police is still investigating. Better to drive safe in wet weather!

Our reader came across an inconsiderate man who only cared about hogging the reserved seat and refused to give it up for at least 3 other elderly persons who subsequently boarded the train. Basic courtesy is not that basic after all?

What is wrong??? The train (no. 2350) was travelling towards jurong east from bukit batok, then halfway it stopped without warning and travelled BACKWARDS ON THE ONE WAY TRACK for one km before heading towards jurong east again. And no explanation was given.