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Riders face delays on three Metro lines

By Lara DeSanto
Victoria Rossi
Updated 12/10/2016 10:40 a.m.: Metro officials say the Orange and Silver Lines are no longer single tracking, but delays continue in both directions due to an earlier train malfunction at Farragut West.

WASHINGTON — Metro riders are facing delays on three lines Saturday morning. Due to reports of a cracked rail at Potomac Avenue, trains are single-tracking between Eastern Market and Stadium Armory stations, Metro said. The issue is causing delays on the Blue, Orange and Silver lines. Crews are working to resolve the problem, but they are not yet sure when trains will resume running on a normal schedule.

Metro hopes for temporary Dupont, Farragut North cooling fix this summer

By Max Smith
WASHINGTON — Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld stood Monday next to the Metro chiller pumps sitting idle for a third straight year about 40 feet below Connecticut Avenue Northwest and said he hopes — but cannot promise — that a temporary fix for the cooling system for Dupont Circle and Farragut North will be in place at some point this summer. Pipes connecting the chiller vault to a cooling tower about 500 feet south on Connecticut Avenue and 13 stories up have been leaking since at least 2015. Metro believes those 500 feet of pipes are the only issue that has kept the stations from being cooled by the shared chiller plant since then.
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