SkyTrain disruption in New Westminster resolved after medical emergency

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with the latest TransLink update. 

Another incident-induced service disruption on the SkyTrain Expo Line threw off Tuesday morning’s peak-hour commute.

TransLink had indicated that Expo Line service between Edmonds Station and New Westminster Station was shut down beginning just after 9 am due to a medical emergency at 22nd Street Station. A bus bridge shuttle service has been implemented to link the impacted stations. 

In an update around 1 pm, TransLink said regular service has since resumed. 

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Millennium Line and Canada Line services were not impacted.

This is the fourth highly disruptive service shutdown of the SkyTrain Expo Line due to a medical emergency or police incident in less than a week.

The first of these incidents occurred last Thursday evening when a medical emergency at Metrotown Station snarled the evening peak period.

Then, during the Friday morning peak period, Expo Line services were again significantly disrupted due to a police incident at Stadium-Chinatown Station.

Another incident this past Sunday in the late afternoon was due to a medical emergency at 22nd Street Station.

Major incident at 22nd Street Stn #skytrain pic.twitter.com/30Kj8jAQME

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