Metro riders had an especially awful commute home on the Yellow and Blue lines tonight.
A piece of maintenance equipment — like the one pictured, left — broke down just outside the National Airport station this afternoon, leading to single-tracking. While the equipment was eventually moved to allow normal rail operations, delays lingered into the evening rush.
Via Twitter, riders reported various problems, from long delays to trains being offloaded at already-crowded station.
https://twitter.com/savetheblueline/status/686671770435321857
@unsuckdcmetro Been sitting at Crystal City for over 30mins. 3 trains passed heading towards pentagon. What a mess!
— Keith P. (@Keith_Alan1) January 11, 2016
In 45 minutes I've made it from Pentagon to Crystal City, now sitting and can't understand a word our driver is saying #wmata #sucks
— mdoodly (@mdoodly) January 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/IrishElCucuy/status/686672213378859008
https://twitter.com/Ian_Platz/status/686671879998980096
metro evacuates at cemetery, takes an hour and a half to go 4 stops
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽☺️🔫 @unsuckdcmetro— Hannah (@siricallmequeen) January 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/lizsourlemon/status/686676414624591872
As of publication time, even more issues and delays were being reported on the Blue, Orange and Silver lines in D.C.
