WMATA has officially closed the Dupont Circle Metro station as a result of the power outage. The station was closed at 9:25 a.m. because there wasn’t enough electricity to power the station’s lengthy escalators.

While trains can serve the Red Line station, the escalators are extremely long, and customers were experiencing difficulty exiting, so officials closed the station for safety reasons. Trains will pass through Dupont Circle and not stop there.

Free shuttle buses will be operating from Woodley Park to Farragut North to get people around the problem.

It does sound a little silly that they had to close the station because of the escalators, but keep in mind, the escalators at Connecticut Avenue and Q Streets NW are 188 feet long.

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