Metro Blue Line service in downtown Long Beach resumes
Service on the Metro Blue Line in Long Beach resumed Wednesday after being halted for more than nine hours.
The train’s overhead power was damaged at 9th Street and Long Beach Boulevard about 5:20 a.m., forcing Metro to shut down trains in downtown Long Beach.
Test trains began running shortly after repairs were completed about 1:40 p.m., and full service was back just before 3 p.m., said Dave Sotero, a Metro spokesman.
Service along the 22-mile stretch of light rail between the Willow Street station and downtown Los Angeles was operating normally during repairs, he said. Buses were available to riders south of the Willow Street station, department spokesman Marc Littman said.
The Blue Line is Los Angeles County’s busiest light-rail line, serving about 88,000 customers daily between Long Beach and Los Angeles, Littman said. It’s among the three busiest lines in the country, he added.
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