Seattle Link Rail Reopens After CID Station Derailment

Sound Transit’s light-rail service resumed Sunday after an out-of-service Link train derailed near the International District/Chinatown station late Saturday, with no passengers aboard and no injuries reported. The incident—happening as thousands were leaving a concert at Lumen Field—triggered about eight hours of suspensions on the 1 Line (Capitol Hill to SODO) and the 2 Line (Capitol Hill to Judkins Park), with buses substituting for trains. Recovery efforts and a root-cause investigation are underway; officials say this is only the second derailment of its kind since 2009.