West Virginia Universitys Personal Rapid Transit resumed service Wednesday afternoon (July 3) after workers replaced an air conditioning compressor at the Beechurst Station.

The first PRT cars began running again shortly after 2:30 p.m., said Bob Hendershot, assistant director of public safety and transportation services at the University.

All PRT lines except the Towers-to-Health Sciences Center run had been idle since Tuesday when the old compressor quit working at Beechurst, making the station too hot to run the electronics that power the computer-operated people-mover, Hendershot said.

Workers finished installing the new compressor by early afternoon, then PRT staff tested the system before resuming service, he added.

Begun in 1975 as a demonstration project, the PRT consists of 73 blue-and-gold cars that move along 3.8 miles of elevated guideway connecting downtown Morgantown with the Evansdale and Health Sciences campuses.