Category Archives: WMATA

Recommendation 16.2 – Adjustment to WMATA Station Dwell Procedures 

May 4, 2016 Agency: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Area of Concern: Current WMATA station servicing, or “dwell times,” are inadequate to properly service a station, resulting in a variety of issues occurring including: > Train Operators not verifying that doors are clear when initiating the door closing cycle (URGENT) > Passenger boarding &ContinueContinue reading “Recommendation 16.2 – Adjustment to WMATA Station Dwell Procedures “

Statement on WMATA Blue Line Train Misrouted to Court House (16-0133)

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)”

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)”