Metro pinpoints causes of Red Line meltdown

Published September 24, 2012 4:00am ET



The two power outages that stranded more than 1,000 riders on two stuck trains and delayed thousands more on the Red Line on Wednesday were caused by unrelated failures, according to Metro.

The transit agency said the outages had different causes, neither of which was related to commercial power from its provider Pepco.

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