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Metro General Manager/CEO Paul J. Wiedefeld, with support from the Authority’s Board of Directors, today announced the full closure of the Metrorail system on Wednesday, March 16, for emergency inspections of the system’s third-rail power cables following an early morning tunnel fire yesterday.
The inspections of approximately 600 “jumper cables” will occur along all tunnel segments on the Metrorail system. At the conclusion of the inspection process, there may be a need for additional rail service outages. Any further service impacts will be announced to the public as soon as they are known.
The news was initially reported by NBC 4, but this is the official press release from WMATA. The shutdown comes on the heels of a fire early Monday morning in the tunnels outside McPherson metro.
Plan on tomorrow being extra fun.
Updated to Note: Schools will be open on time tomorrow.