Cold brings Metro’s first rail crack of the year

Published January 23, 2013 5:00am ET



Metro had its first cracked rail of 2013 Wednesday morning as a cold snap kept the area shivering.

The crack outside the Green Line’s Naylor Road station happened around 8:30 a.m. and gave riders 10-minute delays as trains single-tracked around the problem, Metro spokesman Dan Stessel said. Crews repaired the rail, which is outdoors, by 10:20 a.m. Metro sensors detected the problem before any trains passed over it, Stessel said.

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