Metro had another rough morning Wednesday when a woman was struck by a train in the Rosslyn Metrorail Station and equipment breakdowns forced single-tracking on the Blue and Orange lines.
Shortly after 7 a.m., a woman standing close to the platform edge at the Rosslyn station stumbled and was struck by a train pulling into the station, said Cathy Asato, Metro spokeswoman. The woman, who was headed toward Franconia-Springfield on the Blue Line, reportedly felt faint and was leaning forward when she was struck.
She was treated by emergency personnel and then transported to George Washington University Hospital suffering minor injuries, Asato said. In the meantime, Blue and Orange line trains were held up, creating major delays.
At about 7:35 a.m., a Blue Line train near Van Dorn Street developed mechanical problems, came to stop with half the cars inside the station and had to be unloaded. Trains were forced to single-track.
At 7:50 a.m., another train experienced mechanical problems near the Eastern Market Station on the Blue and Orange lines; customers were offloaded and trains single-tracked until the train was cleared at 8:08 a.m.
Metro still is looking to pinpoint the mechanical failures in bothcases, Asato said. John Catoe, Metro’s new general manager, has faced a series of difficult morning commutes since taking over Jan. 25, including smoke and fire at the Farragut North station, a suspicious package at the Braddock Road station and a Metrobus blaze at 18th and K streets.
