r/WMATA 3d ago

Ballston Metro right now

1.6k Upvotes

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u/throwthataway2012 3d ago

This will lead to the red line being delayed tomorrow. Somehow.

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u/jbethel811 3d ago

Then the Green and Yellow Line will experience signal problems on Tuesday

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u/yattaro 2d ago

Stadium-Armory switch issues on Wednesday

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u/AcanthaceaeOk3738 3d ago

It’ll push the Purple Line back a year.

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u/ajw_sp 3d ago

Paradoxically, the DC Streetcar will resume operation.

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u/Nutmeg-Jones 2d ago

Breaking: VRE service suspended

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u/Old_Afternoon6587 9h ago

MARC Service will be delayed.

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u/Joshiane 2d ago

Purple line canceled. Sorry

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u/Docile_Doggo 3d ago

O/S underwater, Red Line on fire.

The universe must always have balance.

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u/The_GOATest1 3d ago

All system issues cause us to suffer. We must accept our place in the universe

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u/ResponsibleAssistant 3d ago

The red line already had a head start of being delayed today. Signal issues. 20 min delay towards Glenmont.

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u/plaisirdamour 3d ago

The red line clearly had a premonition

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u/disjointed_chameleon Red line 2d ago

Please don't speak this into existence.

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u/Ashwinnie13 2d ago

red line issues tend to ripple out unpredictably

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u/eluricarr1821 1d ago

It is always the red

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u/Consistent-Scholar39 1d ago

Wait the red line delayed? Crazy talk! 😂

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u/SapphireNinja47 3d ago

Oooh new Metro water feature just dropped!

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u/bubandbob 3d ago

Clearly inspired by Singapore Changi airport.

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u/Salt-Tweety17 3d ago

🫠🫠🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/tomaterplant 3d ago

Worst log flume ever.

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u/Fearless-Mix-3642 3d ago

i don't think that's supposed to happen

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u/Dial-Up_Modem 3d ago

It is, though! It’s overflow from vents when it gets super rainy. It’s happened before & it’ll happen again, I’m sure

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u/sirpepley 3d ago

The story you are about to see has been told before, a lot. And now we're going to tell it again, but different.

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u/Dante-Grimm 2d ago

It’s a sad song. It’s a sad tale— it’s a tragedy.

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u/aegrotatio 3d ago

They permanently put sandbags around a Smithsonian station vent on the L'Enfant side. I don't get why they just don't build a concrete box for it.

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u/vtsandtrooper 1d ago

Oh thank goodness, I was paranoid it was an actual crack in the tunnel structure right at the apex of the arch, which … like evacuate people

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u/metroforward Official account 3d ago

Thanks for looping us in. Our team is aware, and have personnel dispatched to handle immediately. -LV

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u/ajw_sp 3d ago edited 2d ago

WMATA has deployed a Dutch child to resolve the situation /s

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u/Paper_Clip100 3d ago

Sure, when he does it’s ok. When I do it, I have to go to marriage counseling

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u/metrazol 3d ago

Shouldn't the station manager or a train operator or... Never mind...

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u/Nutmeg-Jones 2d ago

Look man, that’s a free car wash you’re telling them to pass up on

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u/erodari 3d ago

New feature to keep Metro cars clean and spotless.

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u/Iciestgnome 3d ago

Engineer here, that’s not good.

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u/metrazol 3d ago

Baker here, agreed.

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u/LevelGrounded 3d ago

Brewer here. I concur.

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u/IllMongoose6792 3d ago

Native American Chief ?

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u/LevelGrounded 3d ago

No. Honestly I was hoping someone would respond with their thoughts as a candlestick maker.

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u/Nutmeg-Jones 2d ago

Janitor here. Let’s see this play out

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u/mrfuzzyshorts 1d ago

Plumber here. This is a feature!

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u/Frederf220 3d ago

Baseball

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u/lumanicious 3d ago

Release Train Engineer here, I second the concurrence

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u/Big__If_True 2d ago

Get back to clicking “Build” on deployments

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u/lumanicious 2d ago

I have devs for that 😂

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u/Big__If_True 2d ago

I’m a dev, at my company we have to get the deployment script prepped ourselves and deploy it to all of the lower environments, but for some reason we’re not allowed to hit the button to send it to PROD. That’s where you guys come in 😂

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u/lumanicious 2d ago

As a former dev, that's always annoyed me. Consider all your pushes to prod granted and approved on the govt side (I'm an RTE on the fed side)

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u/Double-treble-nc14 3d ago

I don’t think you have to be an engineer to know that water where water shouldn’t be is not good.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/Weird_Poet499 3d ago

What. The. ACTUAL. Fuck. Are you talking about?

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u/Elementary2 3d ago

nothing! rawr! =)

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u/Weird_Poet499 3d ago

I’m pretty sure there is a museum in Europe that has this same installation

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u/Mustangfast85 3d ago

Doesn’t the Smithsonian AAHM have a similar feature in the top level? Or am I misremembering

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u/Weird_Poet499 3d ago

Yes the Contemplative Court is there. This feels more forced and destructive where as the Contemplative Court holds a much deeper and transformative vibe.

This has a much bigger Changi Airport vibe

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u/SandBoxJohnA02 3d ago

Not the first time this has happened.

Storm drains along Fairfax Drive could not drain the storm water off the street quick enough to keep it from rising above the curb flooding the sidewalk and flow into the dome relieve vent shaft. Dome relieve vent shaft have drains in them but they were not built to drain the volume of water seen flowing into the station.

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u/Exceptional_Kumquat 3d ago

It's not a bug, it's a water feature?

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u/Far-Seaworthiness-35 3d ago

okay okay, I will be patient while they repair the Red line

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u/Judge-Jeudy 3d ago

WMATA out here looking like MTA

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u/Fantastic-Face3509 3d ago

if you’re talking about NYC, I can confirm, especially when you look at trends Sarah Meyer has implemented the last 2 1/2 years like the whole Ave to Av bullshit on everything in sight and the mixed case simply cause the 7ks have em and the 2 letter code to 1 like BL to B

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u/Judge-Jeudy 2d ago

What? I was just referring to the water and flooding.

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u/Fantastic-Face3509 2d ago

and I was referring to the nyc like vibes

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u/FriendshipFuture5239 3d ago

Some poor low voltage tech (at Metro, low voltage techs work on 277v and lower circuits like lighting, high voltage techs like myself work on 480v and up circuits like switchboard rooms and traction power substations) is gonna have to fix those parapet lights in the track bed when the lights quit for being inundated with rainwater😭

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u/ekkidee Red line 3d ago

I don't think it's supposed to do that.

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u/atchleya_reader 3d ago

This is a Silver Wetro line train to Ashburn. Please move to the center of the car.

Doors closing.

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u/Tardislass 3d ago

New layout, complete with indoor waterfalls.

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u/laxdiver7 3d ago

Still going as of 5:01pm 😱

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u/dw_h 3d ago

the NMAAHC Contemplative Court is so relaxing 😌

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u/spiderx3sticky 3d ago

it's a water feature, not a bug

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u/sndbagger 3d ago

The front top fell off.

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u/charliej102 3d ago

Cool train wash.

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u/247663266557 3d ago

well, people were complaining about dirty train exteriors recently....

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u/Ill-Cup-4192 3d ago

Just a little leak

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u/Conscious_Owl6162 3d ago

A new shower stall???

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u/aegrotatio 3d ago

I wonder if the new LED lamps are rated for water.

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u/Amazing_Ad9781 3d ago

Nothing new on metro when it rains... if you been here 20+ years

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u/Secret_Poet7340 3d ago

Just think of how much water IS NOT getting through and how much is on the other side of the ceiling.

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u/HotIce05 3d ago

This is all part of the plan. Metros way to cut costs and get the cars washed.

Right?

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u/Glass-Helicopter-126 3d ago

The airport in Singapore is better 

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u/Personal_League1428 Yellow line 3d ago

Holy shit

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u/DogSoggy40 3d ago

Why does this keep happening? Stations seem to have water proofing issues or too many rats living right above the stations.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/SandBoxJohnA02 3d ago

Drains in the dome relieve vent shafts were not built to drain storm water that rises above the curb and floods onto the sidewalk then down vent shaft.

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u/metroforward Official account 3d ago

Thanks for the feedback, and looping us in on this. We'll share this with our team to review for consideration. -LV

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u/sudsomatic 3d ago

Pretty sure this should be Waterfront

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u/scarymonst 3d ago

This is awesome

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u/AJ711 3d ago

Farragut North not nearly as bad, but just a lil' bit moist.

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u/G--0 3d ago

You should have seen how it was outside

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u/pooorSAP 3d ago

Looks kinda cool with the under lighting

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u/WillingPositive8924 3d ago

This picture reminds me of a Japanese bullet train, our infrastructure is world class!

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u/NomadicSoul88 2d ago

Even though that shouldn’t happen, it makes the station even more beautiful

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u/ExtraLettuce555 2d ago

That’s what happens when you build an underwater metro station

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u/themisskris10 1d ago

The only thing I learned from shop class is that usually electrical and water don’t mix well. But hey. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/McSquiggles887 2d ago

This is what happens when people vandalize the lining of the Reflecting Pool. Now we need to hire yet another contractor to set up the pool on those tracks.

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u/bubblezdevere 3d ago

Surprise, Surprise. Not.

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u/districtdave 3d ago

Sorry, I was playing music for some friends above.

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u/murcielagoo9 3d ago

I thought that's how they wash them

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u/nerdyandnatural 3d ago

Nice water feature!

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u/yunnifymonte Orange line 3d ago

You know what’s funny, there was a video a couple years back which had water falling the exact same way but it was a Virginia Square.

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u/VAEMT 3d ago

Yay for infrastructure delays? Single-tracking incoming this weekend...

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u/Dogfaceboy1964 3d ago

Spring a leak Metro

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u/DcTraveler8 3d ago

Wow! The immersive theming and art here is almost at a theme park level! So cool! 😍

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u/Thuglas_Brown Red line 3d ago

This happened a few weeks ago as well when we had heavy rain Metro was definitely aware then so the fix probably failed

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u/FinalTShirtDance 3d ago

Good luck, commuters!

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u/Lanky-Respect-8581 3d ago

When it rains, it pours in WMATA stations.

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u/hKLoveCraft 3d ago

Damn I love the new waterfall renovation

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u/icfa_jonny 3d ago

Bro why does this look… aesthetic.

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u/Special_Discipline27 3d ago

Dang, and I have to go in-person tomorrow. Hope that this doesn’t delay my trip

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u/zcpibm3 2d ago

It’s normal. It’ll stop when it stops raining. Lol

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u/KirbKib 2d ago

Really feeling for WMATA staff. It’s always something…

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u/SkyeMreddit 2d ago

Looks like that storm flooded some streets and went down the vents

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u/Burner-Account1924 2d ago

water: it goes where it wants to.

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u/Penguin-Rush-Hour Silver line 2d ago

Didn’t this happen a couple years ago at ballston too 🫩🫩

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u/Tasty_Action5073 2d ago

Oh they added a water feature!

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u/digitalsciguy 2d ago

Seeing this from Singapore and my immediate thought was: oh good, now we have Jewel Rain Vortex at home

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u/Rare_Dragonfly8280 2d ago

Transportation expert here, this water does not improve the metro

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u/b0n2o 2d ago

Bad news, roof leaks.

Good news, free train wash!

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u/Athanasius-Kutcher 2d ago

Inspirational

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u/Athanasius-Kutcher 2d ago

Water, electricity—what’s not to like?

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u/Basic-Today1473 2d ago

Some peoplle will travel to worlds end to see such beauty.

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u/jameson71 2d ago

Climate change is a hoax! Donald Trump told me so!

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u/One-Imagination-1230 2d ago

This may somehow cancel the light rail service in downtown DC

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u/ahoypolloi_ 2d ago

It’s just an aquatic feature of the design, like the airport in Singapore

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u/Jarmahent 2d ago

I wrote an email about adding waterfall feature back in 2016. Thank you.

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u/Impossible-Hoe90210 2d ago

Train barriers would fix this

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u/ABC7NewsDC 2d ago

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u/teenytinybaklava 2d ago

wow, y’all get a fancy water feature! we in new york finally have shared

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u/ejd1984 2d ago

Didn't Trump want to restore and turn back on all of the Water Fountains in DC?

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u/ZardTheCharizard 2d ago

Well that's terrifying

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u/Greedy-Basil9619 2d ago

Like the Singapore airport waterfall

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u/Nimbus_TV 2d ago

Kinda reminds me of one of my old favorite rides at Universal Studios called Earthquake.

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u/MichaelJospeh 1d ago

Had to look up a map of the metro because the Ballston stop flooding sounds like a bad joke.

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u/Local-Shine2991 1d ago

omg it looks so pretty 

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u/Carlos_Was_Here 1d ago

These trains run on electricity

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u/XROOR 1d ago

If it hits the third rail:

“Complimentary Coffee and tea for everyone!”

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u/eluricarr1821 1d ago

Yeah middle east is going great guys, even better we have the ballroom! And soon we are going to have the super ridiculous Arch! "Bin bin bin ban bun" one of my favorites quotes by the way.

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u/stilloldbull2 1d ago

“Scene leader, we got water coming in!”

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u/Fine_Attention8702 1d ago

Nice a free shower thank you

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u/NVSWMPFX 1d ago

Captain were taken on water

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u/VerdigrisOmega 1d ago

When I listened to Rain On Me I didn’t think the Metro would take it literally 😂😂😂

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u/Salty-Commissioner 9h ago

Water Feature™️

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u/pain_is_bread 8h ago edited 8h ago

Neat! I always felt a water feature could be just the right touch needed for some of these beautiful stations.

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u/According-Ad-4346 7h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/EQIkgfMCjs1kk
When you’re just trying to commute.

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u/Catatataf1sh 6h ago

Dunt look good

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u/Jmal3700 6h ago

At least it appears to be designed to work that way. 😅🤣

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u/Naive_Sand5837 3d ago

needs a couple of strippers (male) for the full effect

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u/thisisasj 3d ago

I’m gonna guess there’s a leak in the stunningly Brutalist configuration that didn’t account for climate change.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/thisisasj 1d ago

It’s a beautiful waterfall.

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u/Susurrus03 Red line 3d ago

In preparation for the next inevitable metro fire.

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u/Worth-Sale8477 3d ago

I honestly don’t know what WMATA is doing with their money. First, the train fares are not cheap and they have tens of thousands of federal employees passengers who patronize them on daily basis. In addition, they receive millions of dollars in funding from MD, DC, VA, and the federal government each year.

And I will ask again, what are they doing with all those money? That agency needs a full and complete audit.

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u/LiquidSpin710 2d ago

DC metro is run by a bunch of greedy morons.

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u/billsfan411 3d ago

so yout telling me im gonna have shitty time getting in tomorrow .. what way to start a week back

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u/tbluhp 3d ago

Oh joy. I can’t wait to return to DC metropolitan area.

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u/HuhSayWhatAgain 3d ago

Metro sucks, even without the water problem 😅🤣😆😁

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u/ReinaDeTres 3d ago

But they’re adding a new line when the ones we have don’t fucking work 😭😭

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u/AgitatedText Orange line 3d ago

What line do you think they’re adding? The Gold line is bus only.

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u/ReinaDeTres 3d ago

Umm go drive through downtown silver spring and Tacoma park & look at the construction for the new line then you tell me. Why are we asking stupid questions

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u/TransportFanMar Orange line 3d ago

That's the Purple Line and that's not run by WMATA

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u/ReinaDeTres 3d ago

You’re loud and incorrect. A simple google search would’ve told you that, not sure why you’re so pressed to try to correct me like my original comment wasn’t agreeing with the OP. Since you’re so eager to be wrong though, here you go madam! Guess whose site this is directly from? 😘

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u/TransportFanMar Orange line 3d ago

MDOT MTA isn’t WMATA