Metro may not always stay open as late as riders want, but on one snowy evening last winter, a group of transit workers restarted the trains when about 65 riders were left stranded in the middle of the night. The workers shuttled them around the rail system using an improvised plan so the riders could get home.

The commuters had already faced a long day. They had been stuck for more than six hours on a Fairfax Connector bus before being dropped off at the West Falls Church Metro station, according to Metro.