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Car 1028 separated from its mate, car 1029 after it was destroyed during the Federal Triangle derailment in 1982, it became the clearance car for the metro until it was retired in April 2016. Car 1079 was the lead car on the second train involved in the June 22, 2009, Washington Metro train collision and was subsequently destroyed. Its mate ...
Washington Metro. The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, [4] is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus service under the Metro name. [5]
Website. wmata .com. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ( WMATA / wəˈmɑːtə / wə-MAH-tə ), [3] commonly referred to as Metro, is a tri-jurisdictional public transit agency that operates transit service in the Washington metropolitan area. WMATA was created by the United States Congress as an interstate compact between ...
Metro is replacing older 1000 and 4000 series cars with newer 7000 series cars. So far, 70 percent of 1000 series cars and about half of 4000 series cars have been retired. A total of 39 7000 ...
WASHINGTON, DC — All 7000-series railcars that Metro had returned to service earlier in the month as a part of a gradual, 90-day process have been ordered out of service by the commission that ...
In 1978, Metro was the first large transit agency to order high-capacity articulated buses (buses with a rotating joint). [9] Today, King County Metro has one of the largest articulated fleets in North America (second only to MTA New York City Transit) and articulated buses account for about 42% of the agency's fleet.
WASHINGTON, DC — Metro said it was still on schedule to return 7000-series railcars to service by late summer, according to a statement released on Thursday. This week, workers installed the ...
The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia ( MPDC ), more commonly known as the Metropolitan Police Department ( MPD ), the DC Police, and, colloquially, the DCPD, is the primary law enforcement agency for the District of Columbia, in the United States. With approximately 3,400 officers [6] and 600 civilian staff, it is the ...
Car 5066 following the collision being investigated by the NTSB. This car was retired by WMATA and was used as a source of spare parts along with 5067 until all the 5000-series railcars were pulled from service in late 2018. Train 112 (the moving train) was made up of cars 1079, 1078, 1071, 1070, 1130 and 1131—all from the 1000-series.
In a Nov. 22 announcement, Metro blamed the continued service delays on the ongoing efforts to finalize “new inspection protocols” for its 7000-series rail cars and problems in obtaining parts ...