WMATA: Stay Tuned! Skip-Stop Service May Be on Horizon.Say whaa? Could some sort of express service be coming to metrorail? According to WMATA’s “Straight Scoop” — where the transit agency seeks to correct or clarify media accounts related to WMATA — we learn that D.C. may be looking to New York’s J and Z trains for inspiration to possibly introduce some sort of express service.

From WMATA:

While it may be a challenge to operate express rail service, we are looking into the possibility of implementing a skip-stop system, similar to the J and Z lines in New York City. Stay tuned, as we continue working on a way to develop such a service.

We agree with WMATA that this would be a challenge, considering express tracks don’t grow on trees, or transit funds for that matter. But here’s an instance where we think it could work. And it wouldn’t require the construction of express tracks.

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