A routine inspection on the SkyTrain resulted in a slow down for both the Expo and Millenium lines this morning.
Crews found a crack in the switch on the line between the Burnaby-Edmonds Station and the 22nd Street Station. It resulted in the line being shut down for roughly 20 minutes this morning while crews installed a temporary clamp.
The interim fix was done so commuters weren’t caught waiting and tonight workers will return to make a permanent fix to the switch.
Currently the trains will need to slow down to 10 km/hr to go over the area with the temporary switch repair. According to Translink, although the trains normally travel at speeds of more than 60 km/hr, the slowdown should only add a one minute delay in user’s entire commute.
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This incident follows another switch problem that had caused commuter chaos in late September. And in July, SkyTrain was down for about five hours due to a circuit board short.
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