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There have been numerous incidents on the Washington Metro over its history, including several collisions causing injuries and fatalities, and numerous derailments. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has been criticized for disregarding safety warnings and advice from experts.
The Purple Line is a 16.2-mile (26.1 km) light rail line [3] being built to link several Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.: Bethesda, Silver Spring, College Park, and New Carrollton. [7] Currently slated to open in late 2027, the line will also enable riders to move between the Maryland branches of the Red, Green, and Orange lines of the ...
Michael O'Connell, Patch Staff. Metro will only work to reunite customers with lost wallets and electronics starting Monday. (Emily Leayman/Patch) WASHINGTON, DC — Starting Monday, Metro will...
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 ...
Michael O'Connell, Patch Staff. Posted Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 1:17 pm ET. A federal watchdog said the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority did not intentionally fail to make public...
Metro Train Gets Lost, WMATA Blames The Train: Report - Washington DC, DC - A Blue Line train reportedly somehow ended up on the Orange and Silver lines Tuesday morning.
The Yellow Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system that runs between Huntington in Virginia and Mount Vernon Square in Washington, D.C. It consists of 13 stations in Fairfax County, the city of Alexandria, and Arlington County in Virginia, and Washington, D.C. It is the shortest line in the system, and since its truncation to Mount Vernon Square, it is the only line that ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority cleared another hurdle for bringing back online its troubled 7000-series railcars and returning Metrorail to full service. On ...
Signaling and operation on the Washington Metro system involves train control, station identification, train signaling, signage, and train length. As with any working railroad, communication between train operators, dispatchers, station personnel and passengers is critical. Failures will result in delays, accidents, and even fatalities.
Track circuit malfunction. Statistics. Trains. 2 ( 2 six-car trains) Deaths. 9 (including a train operator) Injured. Approximately 80. During the afternoon rush hour of June 22, 2009, a subway train wreck occurred between two southbound Red Line Washington Metro trains in Northeast, Washington, D.C., United States.