Post by Dstock7080 on Mar 16, 2016 11:53:31 GMT
Washington DC's subway system will be shut down for 29 hours from Tuesday night for emergency safety checks.
Officials will carry out an inspection of power cables after a fire caused major delays earlier this week.
Last year, a similar incident caused a train to fill with smoke in a tunnel, killing one passenger.
The 119-mile (230-km) network, known as Metro, will be closed from midnight on Tuesday (0400 GMT) to 0500 local time on Thursday.
All six lines and 91 stations will be affected. Some 700,000 people use the network daily.
Safety teams will inspect about 600 underground electrical cables
Last year, a similar incident caused a train to fill with smoke in a tunnel, killing one passenger.
The 119-mile (230-km) network, known as Metro, will be closed from midnight on Tuesday (0400 GMT) to 0500 local time on Thursday.
All six lines and 91 stations will be affected. Some 700,000 people use the network daily.
Safety teams will inspect about 600 underground electrical cables
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