Metro News Release

For immediate release: January 30, 2013

Green Line service disruption due to track problem

UPDATE 7:18 P.M.

Green Line service is being restored between Navy Yard and Southern Avenue stations.  Customers should expect residual delays for about the next hour.

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UPDATE 7:10 P.M.

Green Line service remains temporarily suspended between Navy Yard and Southern Avenue stations.  

As of 7:00 p.m. power has been restored to all trains, and customers who were previously aboard delayed trains are now at stations.  

Shuttle buses will continue to operate between Navy Yard, Anacostia, Congress Heights and Southern Avenue stations until rail service is restored.

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UPDATE 6:04 P.M.

As of 6:04 p.m., Green Line service is temporarily suspended between Navy Yard and Southern Avenue due to a track problem near Anacostia Station and a medical emergency aboard a train.  Customers should consider avoiding the Green Line until service is restored.  Personnel are on the scene.

** ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS **

Metro personnel are on the scene of a third-rail problem outside Anacostia Station.  The issue is an "arcing insulator," a part of the third rail that is generating smoke due to wayward electrical current.  

Currently, trains are single tracking between Navy Yard and Southern Avenue stations.  Customers should expect delays of 20 to 30 minutes through the area until the situation is resolved.

Updates will follow.

News release issued at 5:11 pm, January 30, 2013.