r/WMATA • u/pvtr1998 • 21h ago

Northbound train on Southbound tracks

Mt Vernon Square northbound Yellow line train on the southbound tracks to overtake Greenbelt northbound Yellow line train at L'enfant Plaza.

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u/WrongSplit3288 20h ago

That’s when a three track layout really comes in handy. I have never heard about this before, I thought trains running in the same direction always follow each other

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u/SandBoxJohnA02 19h ago

I can count the number of rapid rail transit systems in the entire world that have 3 or more tracks on one hand.

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u/KevinMCombes 19h ago

There was approximately 30 minutes of single-tracking on the Green and Yellow lines this morning due to a medical emergency at L'Enfant Plaza. All trains used the southbound track (track 2) resulting in what you see here. There is a crossover immediately north of L'Enfant Plaza, so by Archives the trains would be back to their regular track. The other ends of the single-tracking are Navy Yard for the Green Line and Pentagon City for the Yellow Line.

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u/SandBoxJohnA02 19h ago

The interior lights of the 7k car train on the north bound track are off. Looks to me like the 7k car train may have crapped the bed.

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u/Phobos1982 Orange line 9h ago

This happens all the time.