This appears to be correct. Southbound GR train 508 is holding @ Mt. Vernon Sq not continuing south; northbound GR/504 is holding @ Navy Yard not continuing north. #wmata
* OR/SV/BL bypassing L'Enfant Pl
* GR suspended b/t Navy Yard & Mt. Vernon
* YL suspended north of Pentagon City
* BL suspended b/t Arlington Cemetery & Pentagon City
To be clear: BL/YL trains are not running through Pentagon station. Trains are turning back on either side, so you cannot stay on the same train if your destination is on the other side of the Pentagon station.
About 6 hours after this morning's incident at the Pentagon...
* No Metrobuses stopping @ Pentagon, relocated to Pentagon CIty
* YL service runs Huntington-Pentagon City
* BL runs in 2 segments: Largo <-> Arlington Cemetery, and Pentagon City <-> Franconia #wmata
#wmata Yellow/Blue Line trains will be bypassing Pentagon station through the end of service tonight. Train service has been restored through the station, but trains will not stop. wmata.com/about/news/Met…
The #wmata Ops 3 desk began instructing Yellow/Blue line trains to bypass Pentagon & not service at appx 10:50. Two trains were used to clear pax from the station's two platforms and were last to service by ~11am.
#wmata restored Blue and Yellow Line service through Pentagon (trains are still not stopping tho), meaning BL trains no longer offload @ Arlington Cemetery & Pentagon City at appx 1:45p
This could help explain why #wmata continued to run normal train service through Pentagon yesterday until 10:50 at which point trains were instructed to bypass the station.
The #wmata Executive Committee heard brief comments from the IG and voted to approve the office's next yearly work plan. There were no Board member questions.
The #wmata Safety & Operations committee voted to approve a request to open Metrorail 2 hours early on Sunday, Sept 12th at 5a for the Cherry Blossom 10 miler and waive the $100k/hr fee.
A "small bump" in the ride was reported by a #wmata employee on the inbound track after departing National Airport. Single-tracking continues via the outbound track. Delays, both directions.
The bad Red Line train is on its way at 15mph to Brentwood Yard (between Rhode Island Ave & NoMa), so delays should begin to reduce once it gets there.
Alexandria statement re: the Potomac Yard delay calls the ATC issue a "contract language mistake" regarding ATC technical specifications (also that it is "inexcusable") #wmata
#wmata informed Alexandria of its decision to delay the PY opening for ~5 months to fix the ATC design issue it found, not the other way around. Not sure why Alexandria would know more about the issue than the agency's own staff...