Metro studying ways to relieve Gallery Place overcrowding

Published September 22, 2011 4:00am ET



Metro is trying to revamp its Gallery Place-Chinatown station to alleviate dangerous crowding at the third-busiest station in the system. The agency is considering getting rid of the moat along the edge of the platform to make more room for riders, cut across a corner to improve flow or even create a walkway above the tracks, according to the agency’s top planners.

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