TransLink says SkyTrain service has returned to normal on the Expo Line after a chaotic Friday morning commute.
LISTEN: TransLink’s Chris Bryan on what caused the disruption
A track issue between the Edmonds and 22nd Street Stations caused all kinds of problems, including prolonged train stops and waits.
In light of Thursday’s press conference in which TransLink said it was ready to deal with the colder weather, some people were taking to social media to ask whether or not snow was to blame for the hold-up.
Just before 6:45 AM, TransLink spokesperson Jill Drews told CKNW in an email that the issue was “completely unrelated to snow.”
Later in the morning, however, spokesperson Chris Bryan said they weren’t unable to completely rule the possibility out.
“It is possible. It could be, but you know, we’ve had many snows like this in the past, lots of dustings since we had a heck of a season last year, and Expo and Millennium Lines served us very well.”
Just before noon Friday, TransLink was able to eliminate the wintry weather as a possible factor.
BC Rapid Transit Company presient Vivienne King said the problem was caused by issues with two different MKII trains.
One lost a power collector, while the other just stopped working altogether.
“That can happen any day of the year and I have had my engineers confirm to me that this is not related to the snowfall,” King told CKNW.
“It was just a very unfortunate coincidence, but it certainly it was not in any way related and I can tell your listeners that that is actually not the case, there’s no snow related to these failures.”
WATCH: SkyTrain delays on Expo Line:
Some commuters took to Twitter with a flurry of complaints about the delays they were seeing, with some saying their commute was impacted by an hour.
The Millennium and Canada Lines were not affected by the issue.
~With files from Charmaine de Silva