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Aug 22, 2023

Metro Says New Faregates Are Reducing Fare Evasion By More Than 70%

The transit agency began adding the 55-inch gates to several stations this summer. It is now planning to install them across the whole system.

Apr 19, 2023

Parts of Fort Totten Park Close After Metal Canisters Found on Site

The U.S. Army was able to safely remove the canisters, which will now be analyzed at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia.

Dec 11, 2018

A Massive, Immersive Art Experience Is Coming To Fort Totten

The 75,000-square-foot “immersive storytelling experience” from Meow Wolf will contain secret portals, plenty of Technicolor lights, and “Coraline” influences.

May 27, 2016

Kitten Rescued From Metro Tracks At Fort Totten

Yes, the six-week-old tabby has now been named “Totten.”

Jun 09, 2015

Delays On The Green Line After A Man In A Wheelchair Fell Onto The Tracks

He is being treated for what appears to be non-life threatening injuries.

Dec 17, 2012

Man Hit By Green Line Train at Fort Totten

A man intentionally jumped in front of a Green Line train at Fort Totten earlier today, but was found alive and taken to the hospital.

Jul 05, 2012

Six Shot, Two Killed in D.C. in Separate Shootings

Six people were shot in two separate incidents in Northwest D.C. last night and early this morning, leaving two men dead.

May 09, 2012

Residents Fear Metro Accident Memorial Will Lead to More Outdoor Teenage Sex

People in a Northeast D.C. neighborhood are worried that the construction of a memorial to the victims of the June 2009 Metrorail accident that killed nine would increase the frequency of teenagers having outdoor sex in the area.

May 07, 2012

D.C. to Build Memorial to Victims of 2009 Metro Crash

There’s already a plaque at the Fort Totten Metro station, but by this June D.C. officials hope to have a design for what will eventually become a permanently memorial to the nine people who were killed in the 2009 Metro crash outside the Red Line station.

Jun 03, 2011

Metro To Remain Under Manual Operation for “Several Years”

Shortly after the Metrorail crash near Fort Totten that killed nine people on June 22, 2009, WMATA decided to switch its trains to manual mode, which would give its operators more control to stop and control the speed of trains. Almost two years later though, the agency’s hardly close to returning to automatic operation.

 
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