Medical emergency causes delays at Metro Center station, Washington DC

Medical Emergency

Reported: 11/8/2025 06:16 PM

Metro Center, 607 13th St NW, Washington, DC 20005

A medical emergency occurred at Metro Center station causing single-tracking on blue and orange lines and resulting in delays. Later, trains resumed normal service but some delays continued.

Audio|Source: WMATA MetroRail

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Transcript:

00:00

And blue and orange lines rang a single tracking between Cinsonian and Pearson Square because of medical emergency and Metro Center.

00:08

Expect delays in both directions.

00:16

You're going to go in service at Farragut.

00:19

You can switch to a six, I mean, 450,

00:23

16 over at Farragut in service.

00:28

4368 at Farad Wessel.

00:30

A change plan, 402.

00:32

You can re-block like the 402 over.

00:36

Roger that, re-blige, well, re-blocked that 402, 4-016, Farad Wessel.

00:42

Affirm, and for us, let me turn, 416,000, so you can close and see you talk to Lafon Plata, I appreciate it, oh.

00:52

Since all our friends, we are normal at this time, we are resuming normal service at this time.

01:00

Please give everybody speaking, man.

01:03

Time now, 2117, Central Lowe.

01:06

Trich.

01:09

This is up, five.

01:10

Track number one, courthouse.

01:13

Please check, bro.

01:22

Now from service,

01:25

get you done, Robert.

01:27

Okay, fine, sent it out.

01:33

Foggy bottoms, you'll put it in, Dr.

01:36

Foggy bottoms.

01:37

We'll let him be clear.

01:43

I'm fair man the train is doubling they got two operations in here 775 folks

01:48

Hey firm, y'all are double-ended appreciate it over

01:56

Expect residual delays in both directions.

02:02

Again, trains are no longer single track between Smithsonian and McPherson Square following earlier.

02:11

Medical emergency at Metro Center.

02:14

Expect residual delays in both directions central.

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Metro Center, 607 13th St NW, Washington, DC 20005

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