EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Passenger service on a key rail line north of Seattle has been restored following a mudslide.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas says the line running Seattle to Everett and beyond was reopened to Amtrak and Sound Transit trains Saturday morning.
A mudslide Thursday about a mile north of Mukilteo covered one of the two main rail tracks through the area. Crews cleared the slide — which was 2 feet deep and about 50 feet long — later that day but the railway required a 48-hour waiting period before resuming passenger service to ensure safe operating conditions.
Freight trains were able to use the other set of tracks and freight travel was not disrupted.
