A very discouraging Metro ride

Last night I had a rather frustrating Metro ride home from the Nats game. I left RFK in the 8th inning after Pittsburgh tied the game at 5, and boarded an Orange Line train at Stadium-Armory. At L'Enfant Plaza, I normally switch over to the Yellow Line to Pentagon City, usually waiting no more than 10 or 12 minutes for a train at that hour.

Last night, I waited for close to 40 minutes for a Yellow train. And that is just unacceptable, plain and simple. I've been riding the Metro subway system for 7 years now, and have rarely encountered a delay as long as this—especially after a sporting event downtown. And during that 40-minute wait, two Green Line trains serviced L'Enfant, as did one train that was out of service.

I wrote an e-mail to Metro outlining this issue, but I'm not really crossing my fingers for a response. Hopefully, though, this kind of long delay will be avoided in the future—or if one is to occur, hopefully Metro will employ better communication between the station managers and the passengers on the platform. Because the last thing Metro needs is a platform full of pissed-off customers.