How will Metro handle a real emergency? Re: “Flooding, faulty pumps shut down Blue/Yellow lines,” Aug. 15

We experienced firsthand the early-morning chaos at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that followed the failure of the Metro tunnel pumps. Four hours after flooding disrupted rail service on the Yellow Line, we disembarked, cheek-to-jowl with other passengers already on the platform, and walked down a broken escalator.

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