Subway service has resumed along the Bloor-Danforth line hours after flooding made the line inoperable between Ossington and Keele Stations.
Service was suspended after water and silt seeped onto the tracks at Dundas West Station just before 8 a.m. on Tuesday.
In a statement issued at 3 p.m., the Toronto Transit Commission confirmed the subway line was fully operational again, and blamed tunnel work for the flooding.
Damage to the tunnel resulted from work being done overnight. The TTC had to send in a crew to patch a hole in the tunnel before service could resume.
The TTC said more work will take place in the tunnel when the subway closes for the night. Though the tunnel is safe, trains are restricted to travelling 15 km/h between Lansdowne and Dundas West Stations, until the hole can be permanently fixed.
On Tuesday morning, TTC deputy chief operating officer Mike Palmer said silt was covering between six and nine metres of the track, and would have obstructed the subway train wheels if service had continued through the morning rush hour.
From earlier this morning, the mud that made its way to track. Clean up underway. #TTC pic.twitter.com/bsw9gc9ert
— Brad Ross (@bradTTC) September 30, 2014
Another look at what caused today's suspension of service on Line 2. #TTC affecting repairs and clean up now. pic.twitter.com/elSKHDTWSV
— Brad Ross (@bradTTC) September 30, 2014
Tweets from frustrated commuters show the subway station platforms on the Bloor-Danforth line overflowing with passengers waiting for a train.
Kicked off two trains, stuck on overcrowded platform. More trains turning back. Yet, still waiting to hit bottom #TTC pic.twitter.com/6rIfmOXlUy
— Cindy Phan (@besidealife) September 30, 2014
And subways full of people keep arriving! Where are these people supposed to go? We need more transit. #ttc #topoli pic.twitter.com/v2L4f14oEJ
— Atif Kukaswadia (@MrEpid) September 30, 2014