Systemwide delays on Expo and Millennium Lines due to problem train
UPDATE at 6:18 p.m. – Regular service has resumed – trains are beginning to move again.
Earlier this evening:
Evening rush hour commuters who depend on SkyTrain should allocate extra time for their travels or use alternate routes.
SkyTrain’s Expo and Millennium Lines are experiencing systemwide delays due to a problem train between Gateway and Scott Road stations in Surrey. The power to this span of SkyTrain has been turned off.
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Passengers onboard multiple trains have also reportedly opened train doors and are walking on tracks, causing further delays.
Transit Police have previously stated that those caught opening train doors and walking on the tracks could be fined upwards of $230. Criminal charges of public mischief are also possible.
The breakdown began just after 5 p.m. TransLink does not know when the problem train will be removed from the tracks. Early reports indicate that the train overheated and the motor turned off.
@tinalovgreen Skytrain HELL. Again. pic.twitter.com/JgzGLTscLp — Laurie Vogstad (@80sRockerChick) September 6, 2014
My skytrain seems to have died… — Laurie Vogstad (@80sRockerChick) September 6, 2014
Uh oh! #SkyTrain breakdown. @TransLink @News1130radio pic.twitter.com/BfvXVhthJI — SarahandTigsy (@SarahandTigs) September 6, 2014
Stuck on a train with no AC, happy Friday to us #SkyTrain #getitfixed @TransLink pic.twitter.com/37yIFAyS4D — Olivia Jones (@OliviaJonesFM) September 6, 2014
King George Station platform right now, with no #Skytrain service. Passengers exiting trains, causing more delays. pic.twitter.com/dE2ZWw2Ag7 — Conrad Au (@ConradAu) September 6, 2014
#Skytrain @TransLink “strongly urging passengers to stay on trains” Trains still not operational. — Conrad Au (@ConradAu) September 6, 2014
System wide delays #skytrain pic.twitter.com/YVbKhy5w3L — Terry Schintz (@SchintzCKNW980) September 6, 2014
what the actual fuck is wrONG WITH PEOPLE THE SKY TRAIN LADY SAYS NOT TO DO THAT CONSTANTLY
— grace (@PUGPIZZA) September 6, 2014
Here we go again MT @Scanbc #Skytrain broken down outside Gateway Station. Report that passengers broke out and are walking on the guideway
— Simon Little (@MrSimonLittle) September 6, 2014
Of course a skytrain would stop in between two stations than have dumb people get out and start walking along the tracks #adventuresofLandon
— Landon McLaren (@mclaren_47) September 6, 2014
To the passengers that “broke free” of the @TransLink Skytrain, delaying the entire system & the start of my weekend: You better watch it.
— Amber Saundry (@AmberJadeBC) September 6, 2014
Passengers that exit #SkyTrain onto the guideway without permission should be fined. It just creates further delays.
— Matthew Lebrun (@matthewlebrun) September 6, 2014
Fucking SkyTrain passengers breaking out of trains break it for everybody. STAY IN YOUR FUCKING TRAINS.
— Brad Cavanagh (@CanSpice) September 6, 2014
PA says some people have left a stopped train and walking on #skytrain track. All of us now waiting…waiting.
— Trevor Pancoust (@TrevorPancoust) September 6, 2014
They keep saying passengers were “breaking free” from the train. Skytrain zoo #skytrain
— helena friesen (@Y2Khappened) September 6, 2014
It’s happening again. System wide shutdown on #Skytrain. Reports of people getting off the trains themselves. http://t.co/LqpP7tAjbg…
— LG 104.3 (@LG1043) September 6, 2014
@translink #Skytrain I hope these people who left the train get prosecuted #surrey#idoits #notfair
— rard (@vancitylife) September 6, 2014
So basically all the Skytrain delays right now are because of you morons who are forcing doors open and going into the tracks. Idiots.
— burd (@DJakonite) September 6, 2014
Feature Image: @80sRockerChick via Twitter
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