Around 8:45am I started getting reports @PoPville on twitter that Gallery Place was being evacuated. A few minutes later @MetroTransitPD tweeted:
“Reports of Gallery Place being evacuated are not accurate.”
@Metrorailinfo then tweeted:
“Gallery Place station is experiencing a false alarm. The station has not been evacuated. All trains are servicing. 8:58a #wmata”
@grafxnerd was there and tweeted us:
“all turnstiles were open and dn escalators were off. 1/2 ppl left, other 1/2 stayed.”
The false alarm sounded something like:
“something like, station manager report to your station now. /pause/ there has been an emergency, please evacuate imdtly”