D.C. Metro system to shut down for emergency inspection
BY BNO NEWS

WASHINGTON: -- The entire Washington, D.C. Metro system will be shut down for 29 hours to allow for an emergency inspection after a cable caught fire, transportation officials say, marking the system’s first closure for non-weather reasons.

The unprecedented emergency inspection will start at midnight ET on Wednesday and is expected to last until at least 5 a.m. ET on Thursday. About 600 “jumper cables” along all tunnel segments of the system will be inspected.

“At the conclusion of the inspection process, there may be a need for additional rail service outages. Any further service impacts will be announced to the public as soon as they are known,” the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) said in a statement.

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-- StreetWiseJournal 2016-03-16

Sounds plausible, but perhaps someone's been watching too much 24 and Homeland.

Ah well. It happens.

Past "Use by " date.

USA .