Video: Sparks fly from Green Line train at Park Street station

Sparks flew from a Green Line train at Park Street station in Boston Sunday afternoon, as loud bangs and bright flashes panicked riders.

According to MBTA spokesperson Joe Pesaturo, the sparks were caused by overhead wires which came down on the westbound Green Line track.

There were no injuries nor fire, he said, and the station remains open for Red Line customers.

A video posted to Twitter at 3:15 p.m. shows bright flashes and loud bangs coming from one end of the Green Line level of the station.

WBUR reporter Walter Wuthmann tweeted a video from the station just before 3:15 p.m. showing distressed Green Line riders running from a train and smoke lingering from the sparks.

Wuthmann said in the tweet that he saw sparks explode from the top of a B Line train at the station just before 3 p.m. He said more sparks exploded from the train after he stopped taking the video.

Just before 3 p.m., the MBTA tweeted that a disabled train at Park Street and another at Arlington station were causing delays of up to 20 minutes.

At 3:20 p.m., the transit authority announced that shuttle buses would be replacing Green Line trains between Kenmore and Government Center stations due to a “wire problem” at Park Street station.

Shuttle buses were replacing Green Line trains from Kenmore to Government Center, but shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday, normal service resumed. The MBTA asked riders to expect residual delays up to 20 minutes as they resume the normal train schedule.

This is just the latest in a long line of safety problems and line closures that have plagued the T in recent months.

Shuttle buses are replacing trains during the month-long Orange Line closure, and in just the past six months, an Orange Line train was engulfed in flames and a man died after being dragged by a Red Line train when its doors malfunctioned and trapped his arm.

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