Mastodawn

#Trains hv useful lives of over 50 years if well-maintained. Did poor #maintenance cause this extensive outage?🤔

More than 300 engineers, technicians working to repair 'extensive' damage on #EastWestLine
"was returning to Ulu Pandan Depot when its #axlebox dislodged & dropped (!), said #SMRT & #LTA. This caused one bogie - or an undercarriage w wheels - to come off the running #rail btw Dover & Clementi stations. In turn this severely damaged the track & track equipment"
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/chee-hong-tat-smrt-east-west-line-disruption-4641576

"As the damage is very extensive, they have to do this carefully and it requires a lot of time," says the transport minister.

CNA

Driver charged in Niagara-on-the-Lake hit and run that saw 84-year-old cyclist die
Niagara regional police say Nestor Chemerika was cycling on East West Line near Concession 2 Road in mid-July when he was hit by vehicle.
#globalnews #Traffic #Cyclistdead #eastwestline #MotorVehicleCollision
https://globalnews.ca/news/10003833/driver-charged-niagara-on-the-lake-hit-and-run/

Niagara regional police say Nestor Chemerika was cycling on East West Line near Concession 2 Road in mid-July when he was hit by vehicle.

Global News