Hundreds of people evacuated from partially derailed Metro train in Arlington

[mahatmakanejeeves]

They've got a reporter at the entrance to Arlington Cemetery on the teevee now.

Hundreds of people evacuated from partially derailed Metro train in Arlington

by 7News Staff Tuesday, October 12th 2021

WASHINGTON (7News) — A Metro train partially derailed in Arlington around 5 p.m. Tuesday, which caused a suspension of train service between the Pentagon and Foggy Bottom stations. No injuries were reported and shuttle buses are available.

Arlington County Fire & EMS is assisting Metro with evacuating between 200 and 300 people from the train, which is in the tunnel between Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery. Just one car was affected by the derailment, and there were about 25 people on that car.

7News cameras saw some of those passengers walking along the tracks toward the closest platform, Arlington Cemetery. The first ones started to arrive around 6:50 p.m. 7News cameras were there.

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It's a 7000-series train. The train was headed from Rosslyn to Arlington Cemetery. That's the Blue Line. Service is suspended between Pentagon and Foggy Bottom.

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It was train number 407.

[spooky3]

1. Here's another report about it:

https://www.arlnow.com/

Several videos from inside the train were posted.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Thanks. I'm getting some more pix now.

Is there an existing thread on this? I'll post there.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Pictures and tweets.

This is really a great pic. Good job, Mary Kate.

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𝚄𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝙳𝙲 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘 Retweeted

Expect #WMATA to keep Blue circle service suspended between Rosslyn and Pentagon for the remainder of the day and possibly tomorrow depending if the train derailed immediately upon leaving Rosslyn and how much damage to the tracks there is.

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𝚄𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝙳𝙲 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘 Retweeted

#Final - 1 patient transported from the scene to an area hospital in stable condition. Units are in the process of clearing the scene.

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𝚄𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝙳𝙲 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘 Retweeted

Blue Line service suspended between Pentagon, Foggy Bottom due to Metro train derailment https://fox5dc.com/news/blue-line-service-suspended-between-pentagon-foggy-bottom-due-to-metro-train-derailment

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𝚄𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝙳𝙲 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘 Retweeted

#wmata---back 2 good!

Sincerely, Governing magazine

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𝚄𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝙳𝙲 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘 Retweeted

#Breaking It appears that Arlington Firefighters are helping passengers from the derailed metro train to get off of the tracks.

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𝚄𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝙳𝙲 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘 Retweeted

As pointed out to me, these pax shouldn't be sitting in the dark. Part of the
@MetrorailSafety
investigation will likely cover response to the derailment and if this caused issues w/making announcements to pax, impacted emergency intercom/CCTV, etc. #wmata

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Rare photo/usage of a #wmata Emergency Tunnel Evacuation Cart during the BL/407 derailment passenger evacuation.

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Well, that answers that question. It was train number 407.