Metro’s Red Line returns to normal after water floods control room

By Will Vitka
July 23, 2026 | 6:08 AM

Red Line riders faced significant delays Wednesday after a pipe broke and water flooded a train control room, impacting signals outside the Van Ness Metro station.

But that crews tested the signaling system at Van Ness and are “confident service between Friendship Heights and Dupont Circle will start without delays or disruption at 5 a.m.”

The agency added that there would be “incremental service improvements between Friendship Heights and Dupont Circle throughout the day.”

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In a post on X , Metro said trains would be delayed between Friendship Heights and Glenmont due to “water intrusion.” General manager Randy Clarke later confirmed that a that contained signaling equipment about 50 years old.

Work crews were at the scene overnight making repairs, Metro said.

Trains had been operating every six minutes between Shady Grove and North Bethesda in both directions.

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Between Friendship Heights and Dupont Circle, trains are running every 10 to 12 minutes, while service between Dupont Circle and Glenmont is operating about every six minutes.

Some trains were offloading passengers at Dupont Circle to reduce train traffic through the affected area.

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Amtrak work in October to cause 鈥榮ignificant鈥� service disruption into DC from the south

By Thomas Robertson
August 24, 2026 | 5:58 PM

For a nine-day period in October, Amtrak will perform critical upgrades at the First Street Tunnel in D.C., meaning significant service reductions and train cancellations for those traveling between D.C. and points south, the passenger rail company said Monday. The outage will begin after the close of service Oct. 16 and wrap up by the time service resumes Oct. 26. According to Amtrak, the work consists of replacing aging track components to improve reliability along the Northeast Corridor and into the southeast. 鈥淭he existing switches and crossovers are beyond their service life, requiring a 10-mph speed restriction that impacts operations,鈥� Amtrak said in a news release.

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