WASHINGTON — Metro riders are finding the Thursday morning commute to be much longer than normal as the subway system deals with a number of weather-related problems, including a broken rail and frozen doors.
The problems are reported on five of six Metro lines.
With a 230-mile system, Metro spokesman Dan Stessel says it’s difficult to predict where a cracked rail is going to occur. Two cracked rails have been reported Thursday.
On Metro’s Green/Yellow Line, there are delays in both directions because a rail has cracked. Metro has trains single-tracking between College Park and Prince George’s Plaza.
There are delays on Metro’s Orange/Silver Line due to the cracked rail at East Falls Church. Trains are running on a single track between East Falls Church and Ballston.
The Orange Line has delays of 20 minutes, Metro says.
On the Orange Line, a disabled train outside the Smithsonian stop is causing delays for Vienna-bound commuters.
Stessel says the extreme temperatures are “wreaking havoc on some of our railcars,” especially on the Red Line.
On the Red Line, Metro says there are delays in both directions due to weather-related equipment problems, including a door problem that forced a Spring-bound Red Line train to offload at Van Ness.
Glenmont-bound passengers area experiencing delays. There is a disabled train outside Grosvenor. Trains are single tracking between Grosvenor and Medical Center
Earlier, Metro had a train malfunction outside Gallery Place.
Passengers are tweeting their frustrations using #WMATA.
This was Ballston at 9:00am today #wmata @unsuckdcmetro pic.twitter.com/4TKgEx3InC
— HokiESQ (@HokiESQ) January 7, 2015
#RedLine @ medical center. Only 2 trains in 45 mins(Glenmont) 1full, 1no pasengers. But 10 shadygrove trains @wmata pic.twitter.com/mJBG8WWOmn
— Divvy Kant Upadhyay (@UDivvy) January 8, 2015
WMATA got people on Metro platforms feeling like refugees. — Pepe Sylvia (@edot__) January 8, 2015
I should vacation on metro, all my leave is being used because of your delays @unsuckdcmetro #wmata
— J9 (@j9sakacs) January 8, 2015
Many thanks to our driver tho for the constant updates. News isn’t changing but it’s nice to hear him checking in. @unsuckdcmetro @wmata — Liz Farmer (@LizFarmerTweets) January 8, 2015
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