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SkyTrain service in Metro Vancouver area halted by electrical fault

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 20 Dec, 2014 06:17 PM
  • SkyTrain service in Metro Vancouver area halted by electrical fault

VANCOUVER — SkyTrain service has been halted between two busy stations in the Metro Vancouver area after what transit officials believe is an electrical fault.

Translink says there is no service on the Canada Line between Aberdeen and Richmond-Brighouse stations in Richmond, B.C.

A video posted to YouTube shows a flash of electrical sparks and smoke billowing out of a train.

A media relations officer with Richmond RCMP says Richmond Fire responded at about 3 p.m. to reports of smoke on a train.

Dennis Hwang says there were no reports of serious injuries or casualties.

He says the only report he received was that a passenger with disabilities had trouble getting away from the scene, but he did not have any further information on the passenger.

Translink did not immediately confirm there was a fire or whether any passengers were on board at the time.

The transit corporation says supervisors and transit police are on site monitoring the situation and early findings indicate there was an electrical fault.

A shuttle bus is in operation between the stations and the Canada Line is operating as usual between the airport and the downtown.

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