WMSC Issues Safety Audit of WMATA Metrorail’s Power Systems
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) issued a safety audit report for Metrorail’s power systems.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) issued a safety audit report for Metrorail’s power systems.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over the next three years, WMATA will complete track work that includes station closures on its Red Line starting this summer.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – WMATA will utilize the closure of part of its Red Line due to Maryland’s MTA Purple Line project to perform routine maintenance.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – WMATA put out a release that Metro is preparing for safety repairs on its Red Line for December.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, or WMSC, released its 44-page safety audit of WMATA’s Roadway Maintenance Machine Program.
WASHINGTON, D.C – WMATA announced that on Saturday, October 7th, crews will repair a section of track on its Blue, Orange, and Silver lines.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On December 18th, WMATA announces it will “begin a two-week construction project on the Red Line to perform critical safety repairs.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – WMATA announced closures of several Green Line stations to allow for crews to install fiber-optic cables.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a news release from Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), two Orange Line stations re-opened today after track maintenance.
WASHINGTON – Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will reopen two stations on its Orange and Silver Lines while its Orange Line enters a second phase of construction.
Metro is welcoming customers back to the Yellow Line on Sunday, May 7, 2023, beginning with the start of rail service at 7 a.m. The reopening will mark the completion of extensive rehabilitation work on the Yellow Line tunnel and bridge between Pentagon and L’Enfant Plaza stations.
On Oct. 24, RT&S reported that the Silver Line Extension of Washington, D.C.’s Metro line would, according to officials, be open in time for the Thanksgiving holiday travel weekend.
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In less than a month, WMATA will begin significant construction to repair the Yellow Line tunnel and bridge, as well as advance critical improvements needed to open the future Potomac Yard Station later this fall.
At approximately 7 a.m., Aug. 3, Metro’s Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC) identified an intermittent IT network connection issue that impacted communications between systems.
Metro took control of the Silver Line Extension last week.
After years of safety and technical difficulties, with the most recent story of 72 train operators removed from service because of their certification lapse last year, Metro Board Chair Paul Smedberg, on behalf of the Board of Directors, released a statement on management changes at the agency.
In a recent letter, Canek Aguirre, chair of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, urged Paul Wiedefeld, General Manager/CEO of WMATA to move “swiftly to design a solution to relieve train congestion at the Rosslyn Tunnel ahead of any broader Blue Line, Orange Line or Silver Line rail expansion desires.”
Metro General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Paul J. Wiedefeld said he will not resume the placement of 7000-series trains into passenger service for about 90 days to allow Metro engineering and mechanical experts time to focus on root cause analysis and acquire technology to measure 7000-series wheelsets.
Metrorail customers saw improved service Monday morning (Nov. 1), including the extension of Silver Line service, as a result of around-the-clock efforts by rail maintenance teams to get more trains into service.