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Metro is running normal Red Line service on Monday morning after a CSX train derailed near the Rhode Island Avenue station early Sunday. Still, a segment of the nearby Metropolitan Branch Trail remains closed to cyclists and pedestrians as clean-up of the 175-car train derailment, which spilled now-contained chemicals onto the tracks, continues.
Red Line service had been suspended much of yesterday between the NoMa–Gallaudet and Brookland stations. The MBT is closed from T to Franklin Streets NE, per transportation officials:
#wmata personnel have cleared Rhode Island Av to re-open; expect regular Red Line service today, no shuttle buses 4:21a
— Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo) May 2, 2016
Red Line service restored between NoMa-Gallaudet & Brookland. All stations are open. Trains on/near schedule. 7:04a #wmata — Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo) May 2, 2016
Detour: Edgewood to 4th Street. 4th Street has bike lanes the entire way from Edgewood back to the trail. pic.twitter.com/1r6C6KHkwc
— DDOT DC (@DDOTDC) May 2, 2016
At least one separate incident affected Red Line service this morning, however:
Disabled Red Line train at Metro Center moving off the line, passengers may experience residual delays as trains resume spacing 7:48a #wmata
— Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo) May 2, 2016
Several thousand gallons of sodium hydroxide leaked out of a CSX tanker into the rail bed on Sunday. But as of yesterday afternoon, officials said the leaked chemicals didn’t pose a threat to public health.
Photo via DCFEMS
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