Operations

Event Review on Blue Line Train 416 offload at Crystal City on August 2, 2017

On Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at about 5:50 p.m. EDT, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Blue Line Train 416 was offloaded at Crystal City due to a failure of the public address and passenger emergency intercom systems. During the offload process, the train operator and a rail car maintenance employee were rushed by theContinue reading “Event Review on Blue Line Train 416 offload at Crystal City on August 2, 2017”

Event Summary: Track Defect on Blue/Orange/Silver Line noted on 08.05.16

Event Date: Friday, August 5, 2016 Event Time: 1:08 PM EDT Railroad Involved: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Event Location: Blue/Orange/Silver Line D&G Junction Switch 13 (D1 277-283+00) Event ID: 16.0212 Event Type: Track Defect On Friday, August 5, 2016 at about 1:08 PM EDT a track unit inspecting a section of WMATA D routeContinue reading “Event Summary: Track Defect on Blue/Orange/Silver Line noted on 08.05.16”

SafeTrack Surge #1: East Falls Church to Ballston

Surge 1 of the WMATA SafeTrack program is occurring between East Falls Church to Ballston on the inbound track, from June 4th to June 16th. The following are images and media documenting the progress of the work. Work in this area includes: Rail tie replacement Rail fastener replacement (the devices that hold the rail toContinue reading “SafeTrack Surge #1: East Falls Church to Ballston”

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)”

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”