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New Westminster Skytrain Station shut down with transit police at the station

Darpan News Desk Metro Vancouver Transit Police, 25 May, 2022 03:53 PM

New Westminster Station shut down due to a medical emergency. A bus bridge is being put in place to carry passengers between 22nd Street Station and Columbia Station, with buses also in place at other stations.

Metro Vancouver Transit Police shared details regarding the incident in a Twitter post.

Transit Police officers are responding to New Westminster SkyTrain Station, where train service is currently suspended. Please use Columbia Station instead, if possible. Follow @TransLink for transit service updates. https://t.co/4bBbZGizm4
— Metro Vancouver Transit Police (@TransitPolice) May 25, 2022

The closure happened around 3:30pm. Transit Police are on scene at New Westminster Skytrain station.

No word on well the station will re-open.

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