Full TTC service resumes on Line 2 after fluid spilled on tracks

Full subway service has resumed in both directions between Broadview and St. George stations on Monday, the transit agency says.

Line 2 subway service was shut down for much of the dayafteran overnight work car spilled fluid on the tracks. The conditions promptedtrain operators to reportslippery conditions, the TTC said.

"We know this was a frustrating day for our customers and we apologize for it. We will continue our investigation into how this happened," TTCmedia relations said on X, formerly Twitter, shortly after 7 p.m.

Westbound service resumed first followed byeastbound service.

Earlier Monday, Adrian Grundy, senior communications advisor for the TTC, saidcrews hadto makesure that the fluid wasremoved from the tracks.

"We are testing trains through the line that will continue till we are satisfied," Grundysaid.

The TTC's Stuart Green told CBC Radio'sMetro Morning thatoperators reported the fluid hampered the ability to stop trains at the next station, with some experiencing a small but not significant overshoot of their regular stopping point. TTC officials saidlater Monday morning that the mess was caused by spilledhydraulic fluid.

Crews at track level mopped up the fluid.

At one point, the TTC said it had deployed 100 shuttle buses. About 30 were deployed by 8:15 a.m.

Service levels onboth the 504 King and 505 Dundas streetcars wereincreased to help commuters downtown, the transit agency said.