A Metro train derailed with 63 people on board Monday morning outside Farragut North. (Alan Devlin)A preliminary investigation found Monday morning’s derailment of a Red Line train was probably caused by a broken rail, Metro officials said. Firefighters aboard a Metro train after it derailed with 63 people aboard Monday morning outside Farragut North. Passengers on Monday’s derailed train said it was immediately evident that the train had come off the tracks. About a year earlier, a train derailed at Smithsonian Metro station during a busy morning commute.

Source: Washington Post January 15, 2018 12:49 UTC