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.Continue 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 toContinue 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 theContinue reading "Review of WMATA Red Line Train 130 Offload at Dupont Circle (Incident 16-0111)"

Terminus Station Train Predictions

First of all, welcome to the new website of Rail Transit OPS--formerly DPS Rail Operations. If you aren't already, please follow us on Twitter at @RailTransitOPS for daily operational tweets and analysis about WMATA performance and safety. Whew, now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's talk about train predictions at terminus stations,Continue reading "Terminus Station Train Predictions"