Originally Posted by
rkkwan
They were trying to get home, and train service was disrupted befor midnight, when it was only Signal #9. Plenty of people still was working in the city during the evening, not everybody got to leave work early or have a car.
What MTR did extremely poorly was communication with the stranded. It seemed MTR had no clue what they could or could not do for them, and never cared to update to these passengers.
That is quite some time to try to get home. Methinks employees should either be evacuated in the 2-hour warning period or be prepared to stay the night.