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The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) will inspect 464 rail cars following a Jan. 6 incident in which a brake part became detached from an Orange Line train, agency officials said in a prepared statement.

After a New Carrollton-bound train became mechanically disabled, the train was brought to a safe stop and passengers were transferred to other trains at Stadium-Armory Station, they said. Agency officials conducted an onsite inspection and discovered a friction ring had fallen off the train’s brake assembly.

WMATA operates 464 cars with similar brake assemblies: the 2000-, 3000- and 4000-series cars, agency officials said. Inspections will continue through the early part of this week.