Train brake issue disrupts service at Foggy Bottom station, Washington DC
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Road ClosureA train experienced brake problems at Foggy Bottom station in Washington, DC, causing service disruption. Some trains are offloading passengers at strategic locations to reduce traffic delays.
Audio|Heard on: WMATA MetroRail
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Transcript:
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Now have your attention, station managers at this time on the Blue-Orange-Silver Line, Expegillates to New Carrollton and downtown Largo because of a train with a brake problem at Foggy Bottom.
00:11
Some trains will offload at strategic locations to minimize train traffic.
00:17
Please communicate with your customers at this time that some trains will offload at strategic locations to minimize train traffic.
00:28
The time now is 1945.
00:30
Thank you Central O.
00:37
Just be advised, we got a train down at Foggy Bottom.
00:40
I'm train down at Foggy Bottom track number one.
00:43
We're trying to, we might have to start a single track.
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Location mentioned:
Foggy Bottom-GWU Station, Washington, DC
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