A subway train heading north was evacuated after getting stuck in the tunnel due to an “abrupt” power outage about a thousand feet from Union Station Wednesday afternoon, the TTC said.

Two trains lost power between Union and St. Andrew stations on Line 1, TTC spokesperson Stuart Green told the Star. One train sustained severe electrical damage but made it to the platform; the other train also experienced electric damage and had to be evacuated in the tunnel, he said.

Fifty-four people were on board the northbound train at the time and were led through the tunnel to Union Station, Green said. There were no injuries.

Service between Osgoode and Bloor-Yonge stations resumed around 5:30 p.m., hours after being stopped to investigate the extent of damage “and tow the trains out,” Green said.

“We’re still not sure why they lost power and we’re investigating into that,” he said. “Our top priority was to make sure the tens of thousands of people getting home from these major stations and especially to the Raptors game at Jurassic Park tonight could have service resumed to do so.”

Toronto Fire Capt. David Eckerman told the Star that firefighters arrived to the scene for a smoke call around 1:30 p.m. After about 30 minutes, Eckerman said they were no longer needed for the investigation and downgraded the fire call to a “one-truck situation.”

More than 700,000 riders use Line 1 (Yonge-University-Spadina) every day, according to a recent TTC report. The hours-long delay across the nine busy stations — including Union, Canada’s busiest station — caused several frustrated passengers to find alternative commutes while the investigation continued.

Ryerson University student Noor Lalani, 24, hopped on Line 1 at Vaughn Metropolitan Station on her way to her second job around 2:45 p.m.

Lalani expected to get off at Union to get to her job at McDonalds, but had to get off two stops before at Osgoode Station, which saw massive lineups at the gates from at least 300 passengers from Line 1 alone.

“It’s so rainy outside today, too,” she said during the delays. “It’s just frustrating because I work these two jobs to pay for school and TTC is already such an expense. This investigation shouldn’t be taking this long, and I just can’t afford to Uber either.”

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With files from Ilya Bañares

Temur Durrani is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @temurdur

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