Switch Problems Delay Rail Commuters Leaving D.C.
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Hundreds of rail commuters experienced long delays leaving the District this evening after switch problems kept their trains at Union Station.
As of 7:30 p.m., at least three MARC trains and two VRE trains were affected. Delays amounted to an hour or more.
One train was held on each of the three MARC lines--Brunswick, Camden and Penn. On VRE, the delays affected one train on the Manassas line and one on the Fredericksburg Line.
MARC said the problem stemmed from a malfunction in the air compressor that is used to operate the switches.
--Martin Weil
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