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Columbia Heights commuters were in for a tough Monday morning as a cracked rail brought rail traffic to a standstill.

The rail resulted in long delays on both the Green and Yellow lines, which lasted from the morning rush into the afternoon. To keep rail traffic moving, WMATA began single-tracking the trains, causing delays in both directions until around 10 a.m.

UPDATED: Yellow/Green Line Delay: No longer single tracking. Residual delays continue in both directions due to an earlier track condition outside Columbia Heights.

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Meanwhile, other lines were experiencing their own delays. Red line commuters going to Shady Grove had difficulty getting to work on time as well.

UPDATED: Red Line Delay: Expect delays to Shady Grove due to a signal problem outside Silver Spring.

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Green line rider Jacob Karson took to Twitter to report that he arrived to find that the trains were not running north.

鈥淭he first train in the queue after I arrived did not stop, so the station was overfilled,鈥� Karson said.

no trains going north from Columbia Heights and the station manager announces that the next train south is skipping the station

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Karson said he had left home about twenty minutes early, planning to eat breakfast near his office. After the delay, he said he was 10 minutes late to work. 鈥淪o my day was not affected, just my breakfast.鈥�

At the Columbia Heights station, Nolan Bush waited 30 minutes and had to work on the train, but he tends to work some extra time into his commute for delays just like Monday鈥檚.

鈥淚 was late to work and had to take a call from the Red line,鈥� Bush said. 鈥淏ut I usually leave early for exactly this reason so I didn’t end up being all that late.鈥�

You know what ? I DID want to wait for the eighth train through Columbia Heights this morning! Thanks a bunch!

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Former WMATA employee Michael Derricot did not take the Green or Yellow lines Monday, but he was able to explain how a cracked rail happens.
鈥淚t comes over time. Metal fatigues, it fails,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檓 no longer an employee there, but a lot of it has to do with probably non-strategically making the repairs on time.鈥�

WMATA does do regular track maintenance via , which they describe online as an 鈥渁ccelerated work plan鈥� combining three years of work into one. The plan aims to improve the safety and reliability of all tracks.

Despite the planned improvements, Derricot stressed the need for more frequent track repairs. The lack of preventative maintenance, he says, is possibly due to larger issues within WMATA.

最新蜜桃影像 reached out to WMATA but did not receive comment back before publication.

鈥淚 think they try to make better the situation that they have,鈥� Derricot said. 鈥淏ut I think from the past, there was past malfeasance, mismanagement, waste that probably still goes on.鈥�

The delays did not phase commuter Will Peischel.

鈥淚 just stood on the metro platform for a frustratingly long time,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 WMATA, so I can鈥檛 imagine many people were very surprised, but definitely an inconvenience super fitting for Monday morning.鈥�