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DC subways roll even as systemic problems persist

DC subways roll even as systemic problems persist

WASHINGTON (AP) — Commuters in the nation's capital returned to their regular routines Thursday morning after an unprecedented daylong shutdown of the Washington subway system that revealed more than two dozen places in need of urgent repair. The Metro system reopened at 5 a.m. Thursday, and the morning rush hour was largely uneventful, with trains on all lines running on time and packed as usual with federal workers and other commuters from the Maryland and Virginia suburbs, some of whom staye

WASHINGTON (AP) — Commuters in the nation's capital returned to their regular routines Thursday morning after an unprecedented daylong shutdown of the Washington subway system that revealed more than two dozen places in need of urgent repair. The Metro system reopened at 5 a.m. Thursday, and the morning rush hour was largely uneventful, with trains on all lines running on time and packed as usual with federal workers and other commuters from the Maryland and Virginia suburbs, some of whom staye…