Deer Causes Delays on the Silver Line

(Update at 7:55 a.m.: Service has resumed as normal). 

A deer on the tracks outside of McLean is causing some delays along the Silver Line this Thursday morning.

As of 7:40 a.m., Metro officials are advising customers to expect residual delays to Largo Town Center as a result.

The deer exited the Silver Line property at around 7:21 a.m. Trains to Wiehle-Reston East held for several minutes, driving slowly behind the deer.

Here’s more from social media:

Silver Line: Expect residual delays to Largo Town Center following an animal on the tracks outside McLean.

— Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo) November 8, 2018

Heads up, Silver Line riders: there’s a deer on the tracks outside of McLean who is stubbornly refusing to move and causing delays down the line. @unsuckdcmetro

— Jennifer Hess (@lastnightsdinnr) November 8, 2018

Heads up, Silver Line riders: there’s a deer on the tracks outside of McLean who is stubbornly refusing to move and causing delays down the line. @unsuckdcmetro

— Jennifer Hess (@lastnightsdinnr) November 8, 2018

Announcement on @wmata Silver line this morning at 6:31 AM: We have a deer ahead of us on the track, we cannot move the train”

— spinsahar© سپین سحر یوسفزئ (@spinsahar) November 8, 2018

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