'Kink' causes major delays on Metro's Orange Line

June 11, 2008 - 6:04pm

WASHINGTON - Metro riders can expect major delays on the Orange Line Wednesday afternoon and night because of a heat "kink" in the rails.

There is no service between the East Falls Church and Ballston-MU Metrorail stations.

Orange Line trains are running between Vienna and East Falls Church, and also between New Carrollton and Ballston.

Metro discovered the kink - a bend in the rails due to high temperatures -between the East Falls Church and Ballston-MU Metrorail stations at 3:15 p.m. The train was headed to New Carrollton.

Free Metro shuttle buses are running between the Ballston and Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metrorail stations to help passengers get around the incident. The buses are stopping at Ballston-MU, East Falls Church, West Falls Church-VT/UVA, Dunn Loring-Merrifield and Vienna.

Passengers can expect waits of at least 30 minutes for buses.

The heat is also affecting MARC service. The Penn, Camden, and Brunswick lines are experiencing various delays -- some up to 45 minutes long.

WASHINGTON - Metro riders can expect major delays on the Orange Line Wednesday afternoon and night because of a heat "kink" in the rails.

There is no service between the East Falls Church and Ballston-MU Metrorail stations.

Orange Line trains are running between Vienna and East Falls Church, and also between New Carrollton and Ballston.

Metro discovered the kink - a bend in the rails due to high temperatures -between the East Falls Church and Ballston-MU Metrorail stations at 3:15 p.m. The train was headed to New Carrollton.

Passengers can expect waits of at least 30 minutes for buses.

The heat is also affecting MARC service. The Penn, Camden, and Brunswick lines are experiencing various delays -- some up to 45 minutes long.

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