On Sunday, August 12, 2018, there was an unscheduled Orange Line train departure from Vienna en route to Foggy Bottom at 2:21PM EST. The following is a summary of events related to that departure. At 1:47PM, Vienna terminal operations instructed a supervisor to bring a gap train stored in the tail tracks at Vienna toContinueContinue reading “Preliminary Report: 8/12/18 – Unscheduled Train Departure from Vienna”
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Roadway Worker Protection Violation on July 17, 2018
Executive Summary At about 11:31AM EDT on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, an eight car Greenbelt bound train (Train 508) approached, and passed track personnel on elevated track 2,800 feet (F1 512.00) after departing Branch Av station at a speed in excess of the current required 10 MPH. Train 508 came to a stop after approximatelyContinueContinue reading “Roadway Worker Protection Violation on July 17, 2018”
Preliminary Report: 6/30/18 – Incorrect Routing of Green Line Train
On Saturday, June 30, 2018 at about 6:18 p.m., Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Green Line Train 502 (T-502) headed from Greenbelt to Branch Avenue was incorrectly routed through two switches while in approach to the Fort Totten Metrorail station. The train came to rest in the non-revenue, single-track connector known as the B&E,ContinueContinue reading “Preliminary Report: 6/30/18 – Incorrect Routing of Green Line Train”
Preliminary Report: 6/5/18 – WMATA Red Line Incident at Forest Glen Station
This is a preliminary review and as such is subject to change as our review continues. At about 5:05pm EDT on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, Glenmont-bound Red Line Train 133, consisting of six 3000-series cars, experienced a separation of a roof-mounted HVAC access panel (located on the ends) on the lead pair of cars—3213 andContinueContinue reading “Preliminary Report: 6/5/18 – WMATA Red Line Incident at Forest Glen Station”
Preliminary Report: 5/31/18 – WMATA Red Line Service Suspension Due to Arcing Insulator
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Red Line train service was suspended between Farragut North and Gallery Place on Thursday, May 31 from approximately 10:15 a.m. until 10:48 a.m. after a train operator reported seeing fire on the trackbed. At 10:09 a.m., the operator of 6-car Train 153 (T-153) en route from Metro Center toContinueContinue reading “Preliminary Report: 5/31/18 – WMATA Red Line Service Suspension Due to Arcing Insulator”
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