Thousands of bewildered commuters in downtown Toronto were forced above ground late Thursday afternoon when two cables fell on the track at Eglinton station and knocked out the subway signal.
The failure closed the Yonge subway line between Lawrence and Bloor stations just as the rush hour commute was beginning around 5 p.m.
"The best description I can give you is I haven't seen anything like this probably since 1993 when the Blue Jays last won the World Series," the CBC's John Lancaster reported from Yonge Street, referring to the thousands of fans who flocked to the lengthy north-south strip after the Toronto baseball team's win.
"That's how many people are walking up and down Yonge Street now without a ride home."
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The failure closed the Yonge subway line between Lawrence and Bloor stations just as the rush hour commute was beginning around 5 p.m.
"The best description I can give you is I haven't seen anything like this probably since 1993 when the Blue Jays last won the World Series," the CBC's John Lancaster reported from Yonge Street, referring to the thousands of fans who flocked to the lengthy north-south strip after the Toronto baseball team's win.
"That's how many people are walking up and down Yonge Street now without a ride home."
Read the full story
Were you stranded downtown last night? How did you get home?
More...
