12:41 PM: Outbound San Francisco Municipal Railway trains were delayed this morning due to a severed signal cable between the Civic Center and Montgomery stations.
Signal cables allow communication between trains and control signals throughout the subway. Outbound trains between the Embarcadero and West Portal stations had to switch over to manual mode, Muni spokesman Paul Rose said.
“Each individual operator is having to individually sustain communication with central control,” Rose said this morning.
Limited outbound underground service continued, but Muni set up shuttle buses to mitigate station congestion.
Rose said Muni sent out crews to identify the problem, which was reported at about 6 a.m. By 12:20 p.m., the damaged cable was fixed and normal outbound Muni service had resumed.
Inbound service was not affected, he said.
10:19 AM: Outbound San Francisco Municipal Railway trains were delayed this morning because of a severed signal cable between the Civic Center and Montgomery stations, SFMTA spokesman Paul Rose said.
“We’re looking into it right now, Rose said. “It could be anything from routine damage to something more severe.”
Signal cables allow communication between trains and control signals throughout the subway. Outbound trains between the Embarcadero and West Portal stations have had to switch over to manual mode, he said.
“Right now the trains can’t run automatically,” Rose said. “Each individual operator is having to individually sustain communication with central control.”
Limited outbound underground service is still available, but Muni has set up shuttle buses to help with station congestion.
Rose said Muni is sending out crews to identify the problem, which was reported at about 6 a.m.
“We hope to have everything wrapped up in one to two hours,” he said at about 9:30 a.m.
Despite outbound congestion, inbound trains are running with no significant delays, Rose said.
“At this point, if we are not seeing any delays in inbound service trains, we probably won’t for the rest of the day,” Rose said.
Kristen Peters, Bay City News
