Trains are stopped in the area of the Ballston station while firefighters and Metro personnel investigate a report of smoke in a tunnel.
“Trains are not running between Ballston and East Falls Church because of a report smoke outside Ballston,” Metro said on social media around 2:20 p.m. “While we work to arrange shuttle buses… Customers may use the 2A bus route between Ballston, East Falls Church and Dunn Loring.”
Metro is conducting track inspections to try to find the source of the smoke and extinguish any fire.
Several Metro Transit Police officers were at the Ballston station around 2:45 p.m. and an odor of smoke was present.
Service was restored as of 3:15 p.m., Metro said in a social post.
“Expect residual delays in both directions,” said the transit agency.
