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Mechanical issues cause light rail delays

Link Light Rail trains were delayed Wednesday evening after a mechanical issue, officials said.

Sound Transit tweeted that damaged overhead lines on the southbound tracks between Columbia City and Mt. Baker stations were causing system-wide delays.

Service later resumed at all stations .

Sound Transit spokesman Scott Thompson said all signals were off line and they had to manually operate signals.

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