2017 Joo Koon accident

The Joo Koon rail accident occurred on 15 November 2017.

Aftermath
The rush hour crowd at Joo Koon was more packed than usual because the train services were suspended on 16 November 2017 west of Joo Koon. In addition, normal train services will run except on Christmas Day and Chinese New Year 1st day, including Friday.

This comes a day after the software glitch that suffers the accident on Wednesday morning. These stations are Joo Koon, Gul Circle, Sierra, Yosemite and Tuas Plaza.

Commuters travelling to the affected stations are required to disembark at Joo Koon. They were required to walk along International Road, Benoi Road, cross the road at Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Tuas Road, Pioneer Road and Tuas West Drive, to reach the offices in the factory. Some people also travelled on Ofo, Obike and Mobike bicycles. The Health Promotion Board (HPB) encourages walking with the Steps Tracker to clock up with 10000 steps such that it can win attractive prizes worth over $60,000. Those who are going to Tuas Checkpoint have no choice but to rather take bus service 869.

There are also rail replacement buses, that usually comes from route 190 that was already re-tendered in 11 November 2017 to Gwendolyn United.

Additionally, North East Line is delayed at 6.20pm due to a train fault at Clarke Quay towards Punggol and was disrupted at 6.47pm from HarbourFront to Farrer Park. At the same time, free bus services, bicycle sharing services, walking services, rail replacement services and private hire booking services were present at the situation.

Commuters are required to walk along Eu Tong Sen Street, River Valley Road, Clemenceau Avenue, Orchard Road (with a crossing at Oldham Lane), Prinsep Street, Selegie Road, Serangoon Road to get into Farrer Park MRT Station.