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Power failure halts SkyTrain Tuesday

Trains out of downtown Vancouver were halted for several hours between Broadway and Waterfront

Another SkyTrain failure created a chaotic commute for transit users leaving downtown Vancouver on Nov. 24.

Damage to power collector equipment on one train is believed to have triggered the power failure that shut down Expo and Millennium Line service between Broadway and Waterfront for several hours starting just before 4 p.m.

Trains were operational elsewhere on the system and extra buses were scrambled to shuttle passengers between affected stations.