D.C. Metro successfully completes weekend track work
Written by jrood
All Metrorail stations opened on time Nov. 8 after successful track projects that took place during the weekend. This past weekend, Metro made preliminary repairs to the stabilize the ground, the abutment and aerial structure outside the Cheverly Metrorail station because a developer performed work on land adjacent to Metro property that shifted the ground and caused movement of Metro's aerial structure.
Metro also installed new
track circuits outside the Stadium-Armory Metrorail station, to comply with a
National Transportation Safety Board recommendation. In addition, Metro
replaced 4,290 feet of track, 680 insulators, 2,418 rail ties, 650 track
fasteners and two track switches at the New Carrollton Metrorail station and
conducted platform repairs at the Minnesota Avenue Metrorail station.
