Floods, a Collision, Now Lightning? More Singapore Rail Woes
A SMRT employee walks past one of the two trains that collided at a train station in Singapore on Nov. 15
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Singapore’s beleaguered rail system can’t catch a break. Days after a software glitch caused a train collision that injured more than 30 people, lightning struck a train on the same line. Literally.
A mass rapid transit train on the East-West Line was struck by lightning on Monday afternoon, causing delays in journey times, The Straits Times reported. There may have been at least one injury, the newspaper said.