Author Archives: Roger Bowles

9:40P Problem reported at Gallery Place 9:47PM Train offloaded at Mt. Vernon Sq

7:53P Individual Struck by Train 509 entering Shaw-Howard Univ station 7:55P Metro begins single tracking operations at Shaw 8:20P Individual rescued and transports with critical injuries Update Metro rescue @wmata Shaw-Howard Metro station. #DCsBravest have successfully removed an adult male from under the train. Being treated for very critical life threatening injuries. Unified command establishedContinue reading “Individual Struck by 🟢 Branch Av Train 509 entering 🟢🟡 Shaw-Howard University at 7:53PM, 03/24/2021 by”

Defective joint bar (holds together two sections of rail) identified on the outbound track of the Yellow line bridge crossing the Potomac River (L2-111.35) Single tracking required at: L’Enfant Plaza; Pentagon via the inbound platforms

On Friday, October 9, 2020 at about 12:18 PM EDT, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Glenmont bound Red Line Train 108 (T108) consisting of eight 6000 series cars (cars in direction of travel L6074-6075+6079-6078+6113-6112+6067-6066T) experienced an pull apart1 between the 2nd and 3rd cars, cars 6075 and 6079, in which the coupler assembly onContinue reading “October 9, 2020 Red Line Train Pull-Apart Event Summary”

Summary of events that occur during our active monitoring of rail operations on Metro. Majority of listed events fail to impact service to the level where they require a social media post from us, however they do show what’s occurring on the system. Page is refreshed every 20 minutes during active monitoring AM Data willContinue reading “Wednesday, January 22, 2020”