For the second time in recent days, copper wire thieves have disrupted Sound Transit’s 1 Line near Federal Way, underscoring growing concerns about the vulnerability of the region’s light rail system.
Thieves snatched copper wiring Thursday night, triggering service disruptions that lasted into Friday morning. Sound Transit was forced to run bus shuttles between affected stations until just before 11 am, when full rail service was finally restored, allowing trains to resume normal operations for riders heading into the late morning commute.
The incident comes on the heels of an earlier theft that temporarily knocked out power to a stretch of the line ahead of the Seahawks’ Super Bowl victory parade, a high-profile disruption that raised broader questions about system resilience…