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Sep 20, 2013
Despite Higher Reported Availability, Some Metro Escalator Outages Seemingly Go Unreported
According to Metro, “92 percent of escalators are working” these days. Well, that may not be entirely accurate.
Major structural problems at the Friendship Heights and Medical Center stations could leave parts of the red line shut down for weeks, but that won’t happen for another year or so.
Jan 27, 2012
Another January 26, Another Metro Calamity
Exactly one year after a blizzard knocked out Metro’s bus operations, a power failure at the transit authority’s control center last night crippled communications systems, leaving riders along three Metrorail lines stranded for up to an hour.