Total Chaos On Metro Infuriates Riders (Photos)

WASHINGTON, DC -- It's the first workday of the 45-day shutdown of two Red Line stations, so how is the system handling it? The short answer: not well.

Riders are taking to social media to vent their frustrations after a disastrous rush hour that saw overcrowded platforms, long delays, and many other inconveniences.

Metro shut down the Rhode Island Avenue and Brookland stations on Saturday, and they will remain shuttered through Sept. 3, with no Red Line service at all between Fort Totten and NoMa-Gallaudet -- meaning anyone who travels through that area will either have to take a shuttle bus or transfer to the Green and Yellow lines to get around the area.

That has resulted in huge delays for riders.

@unsuckdcmetro Ft. Totten a mess. Huge crowd trying to go down broken escalator. Transfer to grn/ylw just as bad pic.twitter.com/1P5VDqcMaN
— Christie (@christinaelise) July 23, 2018

Very crowded conditions at Ft. Totten this morning. What good are transfers if you can't even get downstairs? @unsuckdcmetro @postmetrogirl #wmata pic.twitter.com/h6jytwIzE1
— Danny Rubenstein (@rubyboy02) July 23, 2018

If you want to know why @WMATA is bleeding customers and people hate it, all you need to do is look at this picture. This is what 3 red line stations shut down for over 2 months will look like. Late, overcrowded, and hot trains for everyone. pic.twitter.com/uayvobX2P9
— The Honorable Lou Serrot (@LuisGtown) July 23, 2018

My usual 50 minute commute just took 90 minutes thanks to the great folks at metro. Unacceptable, @wmata. @unsuckdcmetro
— Sanchez DeBroccoli (@SantosDB) July 23, 2018

Ultimate DC metro fail. Shuttle from R.I.ave metro to Noma due to 45 day closures.driver drives in the wrong direction for 18 blocks. passengers start to question.Driver: "is this the way to NY Ave metro?"An uproar. Metro doing hiring drivers who dont know where they're going!!!
— Ariel Medley (@ArielMedleyDC) July 23, 2018

@unsuckdcmetro 40 minutes on a shuttle bus with broken A/C to get from Fort Totten to NoMa. Shout out to @wmata this is garbage
— Christie (@christinaelise) July 23, 2018

@unsuckdcmetro shuttle bus from Fort Totten is a joke. It took 15 minutes for a bus to arrive and I’ve been on this bus for 30 minutes. Still not a NoMa. I figure that I’ll be 30 minutes late for work. Thanks #WMATA
— It’sMic (@whiskeybuddha) July 23, 2018