Thanks to a friend of mine for sending this shot yesterday of a US Postal Service van getting towed from H Street, NE between 4th and 5th for blocking the path of the streetcar.
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Photo by PoPville flickr user Jim Havard
From WMATA:
“As of 5 a.m., normal Green Line service has been restored in both directions.
During the Tuesday morning commute, trains will operate as follows:
• Green Line: Regular service, every 6 minutes, between Branch Ave & Greenbelt
• Orange Line: Trains every 8 minutes between Vienna & New Carrollton
• Silver Line: Trains every 12 minutes between Wiehe-Reston East & Largo, with 8-car trains to provide additional capacity
• Blue Line: Trains every 12 minutes at Franconia-Springfield and Van Dorn Street, every 6 minutes at all other stations
• Yellow Line: Service is replaced by additional Blue Line trains running between Huntington & Largo every 12 minutes
All Metrorail stations are open.”
From the Mayor’s office last night:
“Mayor Muriel Bowser issued the following statement regarding the Metrorail fatality during this afternoon’s commute:
“We are all saddened by today’s fatality aboard the Metrorail, and our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the passenger who passed away. I want to thank our brave first responders who assisted passengers during the evacuation and with treatment at the scene. I have been in contact with the WMATA leadership, and we will continue to keep the District’s resources available in the aftermath of the incident.”
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Gallery place crowds forming at 350pm
Reports are l’enfant plaza is closed. Updates when more info is available and I get to a computer.
Mass casualty event declared by dcfd. Hope all are ok. Updates soon.
Update from Metro PD:
“Metro Transit Police and fire department personnel are on scene at L’Enfant Plaza for smoke in the station.
The source of the smoke has not been determined. The station has been evacuated and is temporarily closed at this time.
Metro has activated tunnel fans to ventilate the area.
Service Information:
• Green Line service is SUSPENDED between Navy Yard and Mt Vernon Square.
• Yellow Line service is SUSPENDED between Pentagon City and Mt Vernon Square.
• Blue/Orange/Silver line trains are BYPASSING L’Enfant Plaza (passing through the station without stopping).
• L’Enfant Plaza is closed.
• Riders should consider alternate travel options. To view bus options, use Metro’s trip planner and select the “bus only” option. Expect significant delays.”
Update from @IAFF36:
“Mass Casualty” is a term utilized when additional resources are potentially necessary on large scale incidents”
Update from @metrorailinfo:
“Shuttle buses are enroute to L’Enfant Plaza & Navy Yard. 4:16p”
Update from @dcfireems:
“Metro Box Alarm Update – Passengers are being removed from disable train inside of tunnel. No injuries have been reported.”
Update from @Metrobusinfo:
“23A,25A,25C: Due to traffic congestion, buses are delayed up to 15 minutes in both directions.
32,34,36,39: Due to traffic congestion downtown, buses are delayed up to 20 minutes in both directions.”
Update 4:40pm from @Metrorailinfo:
“Board Green Line shuttle buses at the following locations – Navy Yard: @ M St & NJ Ave; L’Enfant Plaza: @ 7th & C St”
Update – you can see photos from the smoke filled trains and tunnel here.
Update 4:50pm from @Metrorailinfo:
“Green/Yellow lines: Rail service SUSPENDED btwn Navy Yard/Pentagon City & Mt Vernon Sq. Seek alternate travel options.
L’Enfant Plaza remains closed. FD on scene. Source of smoke remains undetermined. All evacuations completed.”
Update 5:30pm from @dcfireems:
“Update: Metro Box Alarm – 1 pt. transported with serious injuries and 5 pt. transported with minor injuries to area hospitals.”
Update 5:50pm from @DDOTDC:
“Closures: Indep Ave SW btw 7th & 10th St in both directions, 10th street from Indep Ave to D St. SW, D st btw 7th st & 10th St. 7th St DSt.”
From @Metrorailinfo:
“Green/Yellow update: Trains now servicing Gallery Pl for service to/from Greenbelt. Service remains suspended btwn Gallery Pl & Navy Yard”
Update 6pm from @Metrobusinfo:
“H1,H2,H3,H4,H8: Due to traffic congestion near Columbia Rd & 13th St NW, buses are delayed in both directions.”
@Metrorailinfo:
“Green/Yellow lines: Rail service SUSPENDED between Navy Yard/Pentagon & Mt Vernon Sq. Seek alternate travel options. 6:05p”
Update 7:45pm from @dcfireems:
“Metro Box Alarm Update: 84pts. transported to area hospitals with various injuries. Over 200 people evaluated.1 firefighter injured. Update: Injured firefighter was transported to local hospital w/ serious but non-life threatening injuries.”
Washington Post reports:
“One dead, two in critical condition, with many others taken to hospitals.”
@Metrorailinfo:
“L’Enfant Plaza Station remains closed; Green/Yellow service suspended between Gallery Place and Navy Yard & Pentagon City. 7:40p”
@MetroTransitPD:
“Advised @NTSB is launching an investigation into L’Enfant incident. As a result, all info related to investigation will come from NTSB.”
Update 8:14pm from @Metrorailinfo:
“L’Enfant Plaza Station has re-opened for Orange/Silver/Blue line service ONLY. Enter using the 7th & Maryland Av or 7th & D St entrances.
Green/Yellow line service will REMAIN SUSPENDED through end of service day btwn Gallery Place & Navy Yard/Pentagon.”
@socialepicurean tweets us the photo above just after 2:30pm:
“Stay clear from 14th & P NW”
Photo by PoPville flickr user Victoria Pickering
The loved/hated no pants metro ride was yesterday. The annual event is hosted by Capitol Improv:
“We do understand that is is hard to avoid dancing when you have No Pants, but we do encourage participants to maintain the original spirit of the event, and act as if your missing pants had nothing to do with No Pants day, such as simply forgetting your pants at home, no pants is a new fashion trend, or our personal favorite, “My dog ate my pants”.
Make sure you have a place to keep your pants on your person and hidden, like a bag or backpack.
Also – if any figure of authority tells you to put your pants back on, do as they say. Unfortunately, indecency laws are entirely subjective and while we haven’t had any major problems in the past, we’d like to keep on DC Metro’s good side so the event can continue for another year. Let’s make our 8th No Pants year the best for DC!”
Ed. Note: Those who wish to equate taking photos of this event with the creepy guy who takes photos of the underpants of unsuspecting women and teens and then posts them to a porn site – don’t – it’s completely different.
Photo by PoPville flickr user JJ Jackson
From WMATA:
“Reconstruction of the Metrorail system will continue over the weekend of January 9-11, 2015 with service adjustments on five of six rail lines.
This weekend, Green Line trains will operate on a normal schedule. Red Line trains will run every 10-20 minutes. Orange, Silver, Blue and Yellow line trains will operate every 16 minutes. From 12:01 a.m. Saturday through closing Sunday, buses will replace Yellow and Blue line trains between King St-Old Town and Reagan National Airport stations. (more…)
Photo used with permission by @burgessev
Just after 8:20pm @burgessev tweeted the above accident on H Street, NE just east of 14th Street. This follows this weekend’s streetcar involved accident at 6th and H St, NE. Updates when more info is known particularly if these recent incidents push passenger service past the anticipated launch during the week of Jan. 19th.
Photo by PoPville flickr user Paul Scott
Around 11:15pm Tuesday night power was finally restored to Dupont/Logan/14th after many delays. It’ll be interesting to see the after action report on this and more importantly lessons learned. In the meantime thanks to all who updates us on twitter via email. The good word started to spread around 11:15pm:
“power seems to be restored on 14th! YAY!”
“power just came on in Logan (13th & R)! #lettherebelight”
“1900 R/1600 Connecticut block has power as of about 5 minutes ago.”
“Power is back on at 13th and U!”
“WHO WANTS TO WATCH ME TURN MY LIGHTS ON AND OFF?!?!”
“power went on in Logan Circle around 11:15pm. I understand power outages happen- I’m more pissed I was told 2 more hours- ALL DAY.”
Photo by PoPville flickr user Brooke Oberwetter
Also from WMATA:
“As of 6 a.m., Metro is in the process of restoring regular weekday bus service on ALL routes. Buses will begin moving out to their starting locations shortly.
It will take about one hour — until approximately 7 a.m. — before normal weekday service is restored. Customers should allow additional time as buses resume normal operations.
Buses are expected to operate on normal routing. Any unplanned detours or delays will be announced on wmata.com, via MetroAlerts and Twitter.”
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Photo tweeted to us by @aadragna
From WMATA:
“Due to current weather and road conditions, Metrobus service is operating on a “moderate” snow service plan, meaning that many Metrobus routes are only operating on major roadways to keep buses off of hilly terrain, narrow side streets and other problem areas.
METROBUS MODERATE SNOW PLAN: CLICK FOR DETAILS AND MAPS
Bus service is experiencing delays due to weather road conditions. Please allow additional time and use extreme caution when traveling. For your safety, never stand in the roadway while waiting for a bus. For delay and detour information affecting individual routes, check the bus alerts page or sign up for MetroAlerts.”
Update 2:40pm:
“In the interest of safety given current road conditions, all Metrobus service will continue operating on a “moderate snow plan” for the remainder of the service day. Under the moderate snow plan, service is provided along most major arteries; however, some Metrobus routes do not operate and others are detoured to keep buses off of hilly terrain, narrow side streets and other problem areas.”
@chuckwestover tweets us just before 9am:
“Hey @Popville, looks like @wmata has only one working exit gate at Farragut North.”
And @jstnschneider tweets us:
“Farragut North also has broken escalators.”
