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Medical emergency prompts hours-long closure of 3 Coquitlam SkyTrain stations

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SkyTrain service was suspended on the Millennium Line in Coquitlam Thursday afternoon due to a medical emergency.

According to TransLink, there was a medical emergency at Coquitlam Central Station around 2:40 p.m. prompting the closure of that station, Lincoln Station, and Lafarge Lake-Douglas Station.

A bus bridge was put in place in place but Metro Vancouver Transit Police urged riders during the afternoon rush to make alternate plans or brace for significant delays.

Just after 4 a.m. on Friday, Translink announced the stations were all three stations were reopened, and that regular service was resuming on the Millennium Line.