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Metro Red Line problems continue

By Saeko Robinson

WASHINGTON — Metro Red Line users can expect more delays Saturday morning.

As soon as the transit system opened Saturday morning, Metro sent out an alert of a power problem on the Red Line. Metro officials said buses are replacing trains between Takoma and NoMa-Gallaudet.

Saturday is the first day of the new 24/7 work zone, which could have the largest impact of all scheduled track work.

The surge was expected to shut down service between Fort Totten and NoMa-Gallaudet.

Metro authorities have yet to comment on the unscheduled Metro shutdown.

 

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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