Snake Reported On Metro Train, Causes Delay

WASHINGTON, DC -- Orange Line trains were delayed on Monday afternoon after a snake or snakes were brought onto a train at Deanwood, according to reports.

Metro tweeted at 2:26 p.m. that the Orange Line was no longer single-tracking but residual delays would continue in both directions "following an animal on the train at Deanwood."

WMATA watchdog Metro Reasons tweeted that Orange Line trains were not single-tracking, and in fact the tweet was prompted by a report of "two snakes brought onto railcar 7031 by a passenger."

WJLA reports that a passenger aboard the train noticed another passenger moving a snake from a bag to a container he was holding and then called the police, who searched the train.

Metro bars animals on trains or buses unless in a secure container.

There is no indication of what the species of snake or snakes was, or if the passenger was ever cited.

Orange Line trains did not end up single-tracking, but this tweet was caused by a report of two snakes brought onto railcar 7031 by a passenger. #wmata https://t.co/IqEQI94dGu
— Metro Reasons (@MetroReasons) June 24, 2019

UPDATED: Orange Line Delay: No longer single tracking. Residual delays continue in both directions following an animal on the train at Deanwood.
— Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo) June 24, 2019