UPDATED: U Street Metro Station Temporarily Loses Power
(Updated at 10:40 a.m.) The lights have come back on at the U Street Metro station after a power outage this morning.
Crews responded to the problem about 9:40 a.m., according to a tweet from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Metrorail Info account. By 10:30 a.m., the electricity was working again.
Although trains continued to run during the outage, delays were reported on the Green and Yellow lines.
Green/Yellow Line: Expect residual delays in both directions due to earlier unscheduled power repair at Shaw.
— Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo) July 25, 2016
GR/YL: trains held approx 10 min for crews to repair component in a local power room at Shaw. Trains moving, residual delays. 10:40a #wmata
— Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo) July 25, 2016
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