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Third time in two months that electrical failure disrupted train services
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Light rail services across eight stations in the Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai areas were disrupted on Wednesday morning causing droves of passengers to be transferred to shuttle buses.
Routes 610, 614, 615, 751 and 761P were diverted.
Failure of overhead line equipment was said to have caused the two hour stoppage, which occurred near Hung Tin Road and Castle Peak Road, the MTR Corp said.
The captain had to evacuate the twin-carriage train after smoke was seen billowing from the roof. No one was injured.
Free shuttle bus services were being offered to passengers from the Hung Tin Road Emergency Platform to Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai stations.
Services resumed at 8.30am.
Ernest Kao was a reporter at the Post until 2019, covering environment, energy, science and urban planning and development issues.
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