Update: Blue, Orange Line Service Restored After Man Struck at Foggy Bottom

Update (3:46 p.m.): Normal, two-track service has been restored to the Blue and Orange lines at Foggy Bottom, according to Metro.

Normal Orange Line service has been restored between Clarendon and Foggy Bottom, and normal Blue Line service has been restored between Foggy Bottom and Arlington National Cemetery.

Riders should expect residual delays at New Carrollton and Largo, according to Metro.

The person struck was a man in his 50s, according to the Washington Post. He has been pronounced dead.

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Original story: Metro riders should expect delays along the Blue and Orange lines this afternoon due to a person being struck by a train at Foggy Bottom.

An unidentified person was struck by an inbound train at the station at about 2:12 p.m., Metro spokesman Dan Stessel told Patch. The person appears to have intentionally gotten in front of the train, Stessel said.

Orange Line trains are single-tracking between Foggy Bottom and Clarendon. Blue Line trains are single tracking between Foggy Bottom and Arlington National Cemetery.

Both lines are bypassing Foggy Bottom.

Metro hopes to have the system back on normal schedule by 5 p.m., Stessel said.

No more information is availalble about the person who was struck, Stessel said, as that person is still under the train.

Metro recommends that commuters take alternate routes around Foggy Bottom, including Metrobus bus routes 32, 36, 38 and 39.