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1. There's a cracked rail on the Red Line, between Friendship Heights and Bethesda, because Red Line riders don't already have enough to deal with. Trains are single-tracking this afternoon between Grosvenor and Friendship Heights while temporary repairs are made, causing 15 minute delays. A more permanent rail replacement will be performed tonight after Metro closes.
2. A subcontractor who was installing wiring for a new air compressor at Metro’s Bladensburg Bus Garage in Northeast died earlier today after apparently being electrocuted.
3. DC Fire/EMS were called to a fire on the tracks at the Deanwood station earlier today. The small fire was quickly put out by a Metro maintenance crew.

From Metro: "A second cracked rail was discovered at 1:50 p.m., outside the Medical Center Metrorail station on the Red Line in the direction of Glenmont. While Metro crews make repairs, Red Line trains will share one track between the Grosvenor-Strathmore and Friendship Heights Metrorail station. Riders may experience delays up to 30 minutes. Shuttle bus service will be established between the Grosvenor-Strathmore and Friendship Heights Metrorail stations." Given that the Red Line is already sharing the same track between Fort Totten and Takoma on the other arm of the line, looks like no joy this evening once again for Red Line commuters.

Metro's terrible week just got a little bit worse. Crews discovered a cracked rail at 1 p.m. near the West Hyattsville station, which is causing Green Line delays while trains share the same track between Fort Totten and Prince George’s Plaza. Metro says it hopes to complete repairs to the rail by this afternoon, but it's best to plan on there being delays through rush hour.

WMATA has sent around word of delays of up to a half hour on the Red Line throughout the evening due to a cracked rail that was discovered on the outbound track approaching the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan station. Trains are sharing one track between Woodley Park and Van Ness-UDC, with delays in both directions. The cracked rail was discovered just after 4 p.m. Delays are expected to last through 7 p.m. Metro is recommending looking for an L2 Metrobus. DCist is recommending going to straight to happy hour and not boarding a Red line train until well after 7, and well after several cocktails.