Photo by Adam Fagen.

Update: Rail service has been restored to the Blue, Orange and Silver lines in the area of Stadium-Armory. The lines have all returned to service, but residual delays can be expected and trains will operate at a slower speed. From Metro:

“The restoration of service follows the successful reconfiguration of power to ‘feed’ electricity to the area of Stadium-Armory from the adjacent substations, located at Potomac Avenue and Deanwood. The power substation at Stadium-Armory remains offline. Until normal power conditions are restored, trains will operate at lower speeds through the area to reduce power draw.”

Original:

This morning, Metro’s Blue, Orange, and Silver lines were completely fucked because of smoke reported at RFK Stadium.

Things aren’t looking much better for this afternoon—service is still wonky for the three previously mentioned Metro lines. WMATA said in a statement that “the source of the smoke was determined to be a fire involving one of three transformers within the substation that converts commercial electricity from alternating current to direct current for use by trains.”

The fire didn’t cause any injuries and the two other transformers didn’t appear to be affected, but Metro officials still don’t know what caused the fire. As of 3 p.m., they’re still reconfiguring power to the other two substations. Anyway, here’s what’s being affected by your afternoon commute:

• Orange Line: Trains are operating between Eastern Market and Vienna and between New Carrollton and Minnesota Avenue. Trains will run about every 8 minutes. Buses are replacing trains between Minnesota Avenue and Eastern Market, making all intermediate station stops.
• Blue Line: Trains are operating between Eastern Market and Franconia-Springfield and between Largo Town Center and Benning Road. Trains will run about every 8 minutes. Buses are replacing trains between Benning Road and Eastern Market, making all intermediate station stops.
• Silver Line: Trains are operating only between Wiehle-Reston East and East Falls Church. Trains will run about every 8 minutes. Riders traveling outbound to Virginia from DC should use an Orange Line train and transfer at East Falls Church to continue their trip.
• Yellow, Green and Red line service is unaffected by this disruption.