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Service restored after outage causes ‘significant delays’ on Seattle light rail

Sep 18, 2019, 5:13 PM | Updated: 6:32 pm

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Seattle is currently dealing with a light rail outage. (Sound Transit)

(Sound Transit)

A power outage caused significant delays for Link light rail service across Seattle late Wednesday afternoon.

Initially, the issue was described as a “blockage on the tracks,” before a later clarification saying that service was interrupted due to an outage.

Service resumed normal operations shortly after 6 p.m.

The outage restricted the ability of Sound Transit to update rider alerts and announcements on station signs, causing significant delays in the late afternoon.

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