Disabled train briefly shuts down Orange, Silver Line Metro service

The changes would restrict the sale of food and drinks to areas outside of a Metrorail station's fare gates, most likely in the open areas just outside of stations. (WTOP/Max Smith)

WASHINGTON — Metrorail was warning people not to use Metrorail Wednesday morning after a disabled train briefly shuttered service on the Orange and Silver lines between East Falls Church and Clarendon in Virginia.

The disabled train was at Ballston.

Service was restored around 8:35 a.m.

In a series of tweets, Metrorail offered a variety of alternatives. Though a tweet suggesting riders walk to Calrendon elicited the most jeers.

The shutdown started shortly before 8 a.m. and was lifted about a half hour later.

But according to WTOP readers, the issues started much earlier.

Twitter user Todd Huse said trouble was brewing around 7:15 a.m.

Which prompted the Unsuck DC Metro account to add: “‘briefly’ lol.”


Will Vitka

William Vitka is a Digital Writer/Editor for WTOP.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining WTOP, he worked for CBS News, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of books—about a dozen of them, with more to come.

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