Metro escalator problems worsening

Published September 7, 2011 4:00am ET



Hordes of Metro riders had to trudge up and down the escalators at the Rosslyn station Wednesday morning as all four entrance escalators were out of service for just over an hour during the morning rush. The agency’s fifth-longest escalators, 194 feet of steps top to bottom, were felled by a broken handrail, a faulty step, electrical problems and noisy machinery, according to Metro.

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