Posts Tagged ‘delays’
Metro’s got the Mondays
It’s been a fun (i.e. not fun) morning on Metro, with backups from multiple sick customers on Orange/Blue and Green/Yellow Lines at Rosslyn and L’Enfant Plaza, broken escalators at Dupont Circle, and the standard parade of nonworking air conditioners. Update: Oh, and a switch malfunction at Rosslyn. And a family stuck in the Cleveland Park [...]
More »Orange Line Double Whammy
The Orange Line is abuzz with delays. A train has been offloaded for mechanical difficulties at East Falls Church, and another train at Ballston appears to have begun emitting smoke. This would happen right at the peak of rush hour just when hordes of hungover Washingtonians need to be at work for Seis de Mayo. [...]
More »Another Metro Employee Injured, Delays on Blue and Yellow Lines
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courtesy of ‘nevermindtheend’
It’s just not been a good summer for Metro. Exactly a month ago, a Metro employee was killed while performing maintenance on the Orange line, and today, word comes that another Metro employee was struck by a train between Braddock Road and National Airport stations this morning.
If you’re travelling on the yellow [...]
Closing Time…
‘Road Work Ahead on New Hampshire Avenue’
courtesy of ‘Wayan Vota’
Now that summertime fun is over, time for the orange barrels to come out of hiding:
Starting this Thursday, the new bridge at I-66W over the Beltway is having steel beams put in place. I-495 will see total lane closures from 9:30 pm to 5 am Monday [...]
Red Line to Stay Slow
‘June 22 2009 – Red Line Delay’
courtesy of ‘Anything!’
According to a WMATA press release, customers on the Red Line should continue to expect slower service and more crowded trains for the next ten days. They expect the NTSB investigation of the June 22 metro crash to wrap up on July 19, after which service should return to normal. Until then, [...]
Sick People on Orange Line
In the aftermath of yesterday’s Metro crash I went with my backup plan today of skipping the Red Line in favor of the Orange. A malfunction had just occurred at Eastern Market, causing some delays, but a train arrived soon enough at Capitol South — then was held for ten minutes due to a sick [...]
More »Slow Downs on the Metro this Weekend
‘Moving Red Line’
courtesy of ‘Amberture’
WMATA is warning customers to expect delays on the red and blue lines this weekend due to track maintenance. Trains will be single tracking between between Van Ness-UDC and DuPont Circle stations, and between Van Dorn St and Braddock Rd stations. Delays on the red line will take place all weekend, while [...]
Monday Morning Metrofail: Orange and Blue Lines
Orange and Blue Line riders had a hellish commute this morning thanks to a train down due to mechanical difficulties at Foggy Bottom station, causing single-tracking and trains held at stations up and down both lines in both directions. I waited on a Vienna-bound Orange Line train at Metro Center for about twenty minutes before [...]
More »Red Line Delays This Morning
Major Red Line delays this morning thanks to a track circuit malfunction plus a train offloaded for “mechanical difficulties” at Takoma station. Rail alerts just reported “Disruption cleared” but the Twitter feedback is rolling in. Thank you, Metro, for another morning rush hour of long waits and crowded trains.
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Red Line Delays Due to Person Struck by Train
Metro’s Red Line is delayed this morning in the direction of Shady Grove, with trains on that side terminating at Twinbrook station due to an “emergency situation at Shady Grove.” Delay announcements were followed by notices to station managers to “not call Central unless your station is also having an emergency.”
Current Metro alert says Disruption [...]
MARC Commuter Alert: Major Delays on Penn Line
Via WaPo’s Get There blog, an alert for MARC Penn Line Riders: major electrical system damage near Landover has left only one of three tracks open for inbound and outbound commuter trains, so MARC’s going to be a mess.
MTA MD’s official MARC alert page says Metro will honor MARC tickets to New Carrollton to get [...]
Guy Falls On Metro Tracks
Washington Post reports that an unidentified male has fallen on to the Metro tracks at Friendship Heights Station. WJLA says he is “unresponsive” with “minor injuries,” and that he has been removed from the rails. WMATA Service Disruption alerts still have delays on the Red Line in both directions due to the incident, as well [...]
More »Monday Morning on Metro
Another fun Monday morning for transit, and by “fun” I mean “not fun” — and on Car Free Day too!
At around 8:20 AM, a train with mechanical difficulties caused delays on the Orange Line in the direction of New Carrolton. Around the same time a switch problem backed up the Shady Grove-bound Red Line. Trains [...]
Red and Orange Line Delays
If you’re riding the Red or Orange Line today, prepare for delays. The following service disruption alerts are currently up:
Orange Line: Trains are sharing the same track between Federal Center and Eastern Market due to a train experiencing mechanical difficulties at Eastern Market station. Expect delays in both directions.
Red Line: Trains are sharing the same [...]
Red Line Delays Due to Track Fire
A small track fire on the Red Line at Metro Center prompted single tracking between Dupont Circle and Judiciary Square earlier this morning (around 7:30 AM), causing a cascade of delays down the Red Line in both directions all through the morning rush. The fire has been put out and trains are moving, but between [...]
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