Daily Service Report for Thursday, September 06, 2018

Rush Hour Promise
89.7% of all Metrorail customers arrived on-time.
96.2% arrived within 5 min of expected time.
3,860 (or 0.6% of customers) received credits for trips taking 15 minutes or more than expected.

Today's Service Exceptions

5:35 a.m. A Shady Grove-bound Red Line train at Farragut North was delayed 8 minutes due to a signal problem.

6:39 a.m. A Vienna-bound Orange Line train at New Carrollton did not operate, resulting in an 8-minute gap in service.

6:55 a.m. A Franconia-Springfield-bound Blue Line train at Arlington Cemetery was expressed for schedule adherence/improved train spacing.

7:40 a.m. A Franconia-Springfield-bound Blue Line train at Largo Town Center did not operate, resulting in an 8-minute gap in service.

8:08 a.m. A Shady Grove-bound Red Line train at Woodley Park was offloaded due to a brake problem. Passengers experienced a 4-minute delay.

8:14 a.m. A Largo Town Center-bound Silver Line train at McPherson Square was delayed 4 minutes due to a brake problem.

9:30 a.m. A Glenmont-bound Red Line train at Takoma was offloaded due to a brake problem. Passengers experienced a 10-minute delay.

9:44 a.m. A Shady Grove-bound Red Line train at Glenmont was delayed 6 minutes due to a brake problem.

11:53 a.m. A Branch Avenue-bound Green Line train at Naylor Road was delayed 5 minutes due to police activity.

12:22 p.m. A Ft. Totten-bound Yellow Line train at Huntington was delayed 6 minutes due to a brake problem.

3:12 p.m. A Franconia-Springfield-bound Blue Line train at Arlington Cemetery was expressed for schedule adherence/improved train spacing.

3:45 p.m. A Shady Grove-bound Red Line train at Takoma was delayed 6 minutes due to police activity.

3:48 p.m. A Silver Spring-bound Red Line train at Shady Grove did not operate, resulting in a 4-minute gap in service.

4:08 p.m. A Grosvenor-bound Red Line train at Glenmont did not operate, resulting in a 4-minute gap in service.

4:23 p.m. A Largo Town Center-bound Blue Line train at Arlington Cemetery was expressed for schedule adherence/improved train spacing.

5:37 p.m. A Grosvenor-bound Red Line train at Medical Center was offloaded due to a report of an arcing insulator. As a result, Red Line trains were single tracked between Medical Center and Grosvenor. Several trains were offloaded and turned back for schedule adherence/improved train spacing. Passengers experienced delays up to 30 minutes until approximately 6:30 p.m.

6:38 p.m. A New Carrollton-bound Orange Line train at Foggy Bottom-GWU was delayed 18 minutes due to a medical emergency.