Hey Green line riders, are you by any chance just getting in to work right now? Yeah, we’re sorry to hear that, but there have been major Green line delays since 7 a.m. this morning, when a six-car train stalled and broke down on the inbound track near West Hyattsville. To make matters worse, a second train sent in to push the broken one down the track also lost power, shutting down the tracks entirely between Prince George’s Plaza and Fort Totten and forcing us all to make unnecessary references to that horrible episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip when the director has to send in a ferret after a snake under then stage, and then a coyote in after the ferret. We all just finally got to the point where we could put that worthless show out of our minds, and now you go and bring it all back up again. Thanks for nothing, WMATA.

Metro has issued an alert for the Green line and is asking passengers to find alternate routes. Shuttle buses are operating between Prince George’s Plaza, West Hyattsville, and Fort Totten Metrorail stations, and trains are running between Georgia Ave-Petworth and Branch Avenue Metrorail stations and from Greenbelt to Prince George’s Plaza Metrorail stations. Passengers can exit Green line trains without paying for the time being, due to the major delays.

UPDATE: Normal service has been restored to the Green line as of 12:30 p.m.

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