IN BRIEF: Train malfunction disrupts traffic on Moscow Metro line

MOSCOW, April 21. /TASS/. A technical malfunction disrupted train traffic on the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro on Tuesday, the city’s Transport Department reported. Train traffic was restored later in the day.

TASS has gathered the key information about the incident.

- Train intervals were increased in the central part of the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro so that the affected train could be inspected, the Moscow Transport Department said in a statement on Telegram.

- All passengers were ordered to leave the train heading downtown at the Sportivnaya Station of the Sokolnicheskaya Line.

- A loudspeaker announcement said train traffic towards the city center would be temporarily halted.