Rider reports Metro train doors opened over exposed tracks

Published August 1, 2012 4:00am ET



The doors of a Green Line train opened before a train reached the station last week, exposing riders to the electrified third rail and open rail tracks, according to a rider’s account and photograph.

And now a train operator or other Metro workers could be disciplined for opening the doors too early — and failing to report it, according to Metro.

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