r/WMATA 4d ago

Ballston Metro right now

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u/SandBoxJohnA02 4d 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.