Thanks for the conversation!

Sounds like your experiences have been better than mine!

Could go either way but simple assault is the likely charge. Threats in a menacing manner could probably be charged, it’s a long way down to the track bed, to say nothing of an approaching train. My money would be on simple assault.

Looks like you already reported, that’s great! If this person is harassing and threatening you, it’s happening to others.

Contact the Metro Transit Police. Sounds to me like you’re describing a crime (simple assault, at least). There will be video of this person in the station. At the very least their image will be shared with the patrol branch, and this person can be stopped and identified if they’re seen. Other comments suggest this is a known pattern, which only raises the likelihood they’ll be identified. Edit: if you were on a 7K rail car, there’s likely video of you all in the rail car, too, which means they can backtrack the person to where they entered the system.

Was it a WMATA bus or a circulator? If it was a wmata bus, the DC Government has nothing to do with it. If it was WMATA, you’ll need a subpoena.

One thing to consider is to move fast. The video will record over within a month, max.