EVENT SUMMARY Incident Location: WMATA Rosslyn Station Incident Date: April 28, 2016 Active Incident Timeframe: 07:31AM – 07:40AM EDT Incident Category: Train Misrouting At approximately 7:33 AM EDT, on Thursday, April 28, 2016 WMATA Blue Line Train 401 departing the Rosslyn station en route to Franconia-Springfield took the incorrect junction heading toward stations serviced by theContinueContinue reading “Statement on WMATA Blue Line Train Misrouted to Court House (16-0133)”
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Recommended Solution 16.1 – Replacing Use of Train Horn With Yard Horn Within Station Limits on WMATA
Recommended Solution 16.1 RE: WMATA Operations Recomendation 16.1 Area of Concern: Use of Train Horn within station limits to announce train adjustment Currently WMATA procedure is to sound two short blasts of the train horn prior to initiating movement. This may result in startled passengers on the platform, and precludes the ability of passengers in carsContinueContinue reading “Recommended Solution 16.1 – Replacing Use of Train Horn With Yard Horn Within Station Limits on WMATA “
Factual Timeline of Friendship Heights Smoke Incident (16-0125)
Train 107 was an 8-car Red Line train running in service from Glenmont station to Shady Grove station the evening of Saturday April 23rd, 2016. In approach to Friendship Heights at 7:17pm EDT, the train encountered smoke which started to enter the train. The train was reversed back to Tenleytown and passengers were offloaded by 7:36pm.ContinueContinue reading “Factual Timeline of Friendship Heights Smoke Incident (16-0125)”
Incident Review of Loss of Propulsion on WMATA Blue Line Train 401 Outside Rosslyn Station (Rail Transit OPS Incident 16-0116)
Incident Summary At about 2:01 PM EDT on Thursday, April 14, 2016, WMATA Blue line Train 401 to Franconia-Springfield, which consisted of eight 7000-series railcars (in order of direction of travel: 7042/7043/7041/7040/7036/7037/7079/7078) had departed Foggy Bottom and, while in approach to Rosslyn, reported a propulsion issue; the train was rolling back, and would be unable toContinueContinue reading “Incident Review of Loss of Propulsion on WMATA Blue Line Train 401 Outside Rosslyn Station (Rail Transit OPS Incident 16-0116)”
Review of WMATA Red Line Train 130 Offload at Dupont Circle (Incident 16-0111)
On Friday April 8, 2016 at about 4:45 PM EDT, WMATA Red Line Train 130 (T-130), an eight-car train traveling toward Glenmont, serviced the Dupont Circle station. Upon completion, the train operator was unable to receive confirmation that all train doors were closed. The operator attempted to perform door operations twice more before contacting theContinueContinue reading “Review of WMATA Red Line Train 130 Offload at Dupont Circle (Incident 16-0111)”
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