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Sunday Misery for Evening Metrorail Riders

HOPEFULLY, MORNING COMMUTES on Metrorail ran pretty normally, because after Sunday night's massive disruptions on all five lines, Metro could probably use a breather.

It all started at 5:30 p.m. when there was a report of smoke at the Mount Vernon Square-7th St.-Convention Center station. Following that were four separate incidents involving smoke or fire that ushered in "a series of disruptions that appeared to be without precedent in the system's 30-year history," The Post's Martin Weil and Elissa Silverman report.

Fortunately, these events didn't take place during a weekday rush hour. But try telling that to anyone who was caught in yesterday's misery.

» "Outbreaks of Fire, Smoke Shut Down Metro Stations" [WaPo]
» "Smoke and Fire Incidents Impact Metrorail Service on Sunday" [WMATA]

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  • can we PLEASE spend some money on upgrading our infrastructure? we're getting to be like a 3rd world country with a nice paint job.

    By IMGoph , Posted August 27, 2007 6:33 PM
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