Automation was turned off after a 2009 crash. Metro is now proposing to restart it on the Red Line and eventually expand to the whole system.
Nine individual sculptures and a memorial wall have been placed at Legacy Memorial Park.
This includes removing all the 1,000-series cars.
To honor the nine who died and dozens who were injured.
Metro has invited the public to join survivors, victims’ family members, first responders and others for a ceremony to remember those people who died in the disastrous Red Line crash one year ago. The memorial ceremony will take place near the Fort Totten Metro station at 10 a.m. tomorrow. At 10:30 a.m., Metro will observe a moment of silence throughout Metro systems and calls for the public to pause in reflection. Metro’s gestures may come…
Metro’s old 1000-series rail cars will eventually be replaced by new 7000-series cars. Photo by ep_jhu Almost a year after the National Transportation Safety Board scolded WMATA for failing to heed advice to remove its oldest rail cars from service, the transit agency’s board has voted unanimously to approve the purchase of brand new replacement cars. The new cars, commonly known as the 7000-series, will be manufactured by Kawasaki Rail Car, Inc. at a…
We’re now into day two of the NTSB’s public hearing on the deadly June 22 Red Line crash (you can watch the hearing live online), and while the safety board has yet to release its formal conclusions on the cause of the accident, hundreds of pages of documents released to the public on Tuesday provide details on their findings. Investigators found that several days before the crash, a work order (above) was issued to repair…
Metro on Monday will being testing a new software program designed to provide a real-time back-up to the rail system’s crash-avoidance system, Lena Sun reports in the Post. The software was developed by WMATA and Annapolis-based developer ARINC following NTSC recommendations after the deadly June 22 Red Line crash. “With the software, a malfunction will trigger a visual and audio alarm on controllers’ screens at Metro’s operations center; controllers will be required to acknowledge…
With a big tip of the hat to WTOP, the D.C. Fire/EMS department has just released this 12-minute video about the rescue effort that followed the June 22 Red Line crash, which killed nine people and injured dozens of others. The video was shot by D.C. Firefighter Vito Maggiolo. Maggiolo and other fire department officials routinely photograph first responders at various incidents and share the footage with news organizations. D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Pete…
Photo by army.arch Four and half months after the fatal June 22 Red Line crash and much to the relief of frustrated commuters, Metro announced today that Red Line service near the Fort Totten station has returned to normal. From the press release:Red Line trains are no longer traveling at reduced speeds or taking turns moving one at a time between the Fort Totten and Takoma Metrorail stations. Maintenance program repairs in the Fort…
