The water main break that temporarily flooded parts of Metrorail this morning was painful for commuters. These photos from Metro’s Twitter account show just how serious the flood became.

All photos from WMATA.

Metro’s third rail is eight inches high. It was fully covered by water.

The flood drained after DC Water shut off water flow. As the water receded, the tracks slowly became visible once more.

Hopefully that’s not an experience we’ll have to go through again any time soon.

 Cross-posted at Greater Greater Washington.