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Sep 6 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

https://twitter.com/Metrorailinfo/status/1567121353777754114

#WMATA

https://twitter.com/Metrorailinfo/status/1567121353777754114

#WMATA offloaded Red Line train 114 due to a propulsion issue. The train is now being "Proceeded" - that is, a lookout in the lead car is radioing back to someone further back in the train so the train can move - in order to get it back to a rail yard.

Delays, both directions.

The #WMATA ROCC appears to have found a clever way to route around the disabled train just outside Grosvenor. Inbound trains are traversing via the pocket track; outbound is unaffected.

https://twitter.com/MetroReasons/status/1567126901226864641

Disabled Red Line train 114/714 is now en route headed back to Shady Grove Yard. Delays are decreasing.

https://twitter.com/MetroReasons/status/1567126901226864641

#WMATA

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#WMATA Red Line trains are turning around @ Van Ness & Dupont Circle due to an earlier escalator fire closing the Cleveland Park station.

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