Update 12:25 p.m.
Metro has said that normal service has resumed on the Red Line in the area affected by the morning’s cracked rail, ending delays that ran for about six hours.
Update 9:50 a.m.
Metro plans to continue forcing trains to share a single track near Tenleytown until repairs can be made to the tracks. That could be as late as early afternoon, Metro spokesman Dan Stessel said.
Update 9:30 a.m.
Metro spokesman Dan Stessel said that the broken down train is back on the move. It had stopped after customers leaning on the doors — due to massive crowding — forced the train to stop.
Original post
A cracked rail caused a meltdown of the Red Line Thursday morning, causing a bottleneck at Tenleytown during the entire morning rush.
The problems were made worse when another train broke down in the affected area.
Metro sent out an alert about the cracked rail around 7 a.m. Trains were forced to share a single track between Friendship Heights and Van Ness stations.
But around 9 a.m. riders reported that another train had malfunctioned on the single track, stopped service.
As of 9:20 a.m., it was not clear when normal service would be restored.
