Subway service resumes between St. George and Broadview stations after earlier shutdown

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The TTC says a lubricant applied to keep track joints flexible made its way to the top of the rails. (Michael Wilson/CBC - image credit)
The TTC says a lubricant applied to keep track joints flexible made its way to the top of the rails. (Michael Wilson/CBC - image credit)

Regular TTC subway service has resumed on Line 2 after an earlier closure between St. George and Broadview stations caused by a lubricant that compromised safety on the tracks.

All trains started running again shortly after 8 a.m. after an outage that lasted more than 90 minutes.

The service shutdown was the result of a "lubricant that is intentionally applied to keep track joints flexible making its way on to the top of the track," the transit agency said on X, formerly Twitter.

"We'll investigate how."

According to Stuart Green, spokesperson for the TTC, a number of train operators reported "minor slippage" as they arrived at Castle Frank Station.

The fluid needed to be cleaned off the tracks "out of abundance of caution," Green said.

A spill of hydraulic fluid from a maintenance vehicle similarly closed the same stretch of Line 2 back in May, causing a morning of commuter chaos for thousands of customers. In that instance, it took several hours for the spill to be cleaned up.

At the time, TTC leadership said the agency was launching a review of the root causes behind the service outage, noting there had been seven such spills in 2024 alone.

A crowd of commuters waits for shuttle buses outside Broadview Station on Sept. 19, 2024.
A crowd of commuters waits for shuttle buses outside Broadview Station on Sept. 19, 2024.

A crowd of commuters waits for shuttle buses outside Broadview Station on Sept. 19, 2024. (Clara Pasieka/CBC)

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