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Service restored on Metro’s Blue Line

By Sarah Beth Hensley

WASHINGTON — Service has been restored on Metro’s Blue Line after earlier fire department activity.

Service was suspended Monday between King Street and Franconia because of fire department activity outside Van Dorn Street.

Metro tweeted about the fire activity first before 4 p.m. and announced the line suspension around 4:15 p.m. Service was restored at about 4:45 p.m.

Stay with WTOP.com for updates on this developing story.

Metro fare evasion crackdown sparks police confrontation concerns

By Max Smith
WASHINGTON — Amid complaints that Metro’s fare evasion crackdown is leading to people being pinned to the ground or pepper-sprayed unnecessarily by police, Metro’s general manager said Thursday that the crackdown is necessary to ensure that other rules are followed and that Metro gets all of the funding it is entitled to. “The way WMATA treats its riders, particularly people of color, is unacceptable,” Brianna Musselman told the Metro Board Thursday. She recorded video of a man being pinned to the ground and pepper-sprayed by Metro police at the Gallery Place station in June, during an encounter that began when officers said the man tried to enter the rail system without paying.
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