Commuters on Blue and Yellow line trains had delays greet them this chilly Friday morning. Two cracked rails slowed trains along both lines to a frigid crawl, causing delays of up to 45 minutes. This DCist commuter arrived at the Franconia-Springfield station at 7:55 a.m. Our train pulled out of the station at 8:25,and slowly chugged into Van Dorn station at 8:37 a.m. We arrived at our final destination, Capitol South, at 9:25 a.m.

WMATA did all it could to handle the delay, which included providing shuttle bus service between Franconia-Springfield and King Street, and sending station managers out to bark at passengers that they were crowding the platform.