Posts tagged Trains
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Metro Reasons: Why isn’t Metro mitigating service disruptions from track work?
With the cherry blossoms season over, Metro is back to its “normal” weekend trackwork schedule with a work zone disrupting each of the three sets of Metrorail lines. Unfortunately, Metro’s schedule includes things like 28-minute headways between Red Line trains with no attempt to minimize the service disruption area for the shrinking group of weekend riders. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: Failed Metro networking equipment blinds the control center for three hours
What happens when the Metro Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC) loses the ability to control the rail system? The agency experienced at least three of these sorts of events last year in 2017, and one of them stretched on for nearly three and a half hours. Keep reading…
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Public transit ridership is down in the Washington region (and in other US cities too)
Most major US cities have lost significant transit ridership since 2015, according to FTA data. The Washington region has faced its fair share of transit woes in recent years, but as the graphics below demonstrate, it is far from alone. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: Yellow and Blue line stations from National going south require reconstruction
A Request for Quotation (RFQ) released by Metro earlier in March says that seven Metrorail stations will need to be shut down for platform rehabilitation, many (if not all) of which would be shut down for weeks on end to allow work to occur. All stations from National Airport and points south in Virginia are affected. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: The Rhode Island Avenue closure includes a redo of some SafeTrack work
In our previous reporting, we wrote that the Rhode Island Avenue station would be shut down for 44 days “to allow a contractor to perform a large amount of work: replacing all the concrete ceiling tiles, track deck slabs, platform supports, track deck edges, and more.” Some digging reveals that Metro is taking advantage of the closure to work on repairs that weren't adequately completed during a previous SafeTrack shutdown. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: A new Metro study confirms train vibrations, but has little recourse for residents
A report Metro commissioned confirms what residents along the middle of the Green Line have been reporting: trains are causing noticeable vibrations. The report says while the vibrations are noticeable and that the 7000-series cars can cause more of them, there’s no risk of structural or cosmetic damage and thus nothing needs to be done. Keep reading…
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Rail in the region used to be far more robust. Here are all the railroads we had in 1921.
In 1921, you could take the train from downtown DC to Annapolis, from Baltimore to Harrisburg, or Winchester to DC. I built a subway-style map of the rail service our region once had. Keep reading…
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See details for Union Station’s future expansion
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is continuing to refine plans for the future of Union Station, which include preserving historical elements, facilitating inter-modal travel, and expanding rail capacity. On Thursday, March 22 the FRA is hosting a public meeting on the project’s Environmental Impact Statement. Keep reading…
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Events: Bike advocacy in Ward 3, bus rapid transit open houses, and more
Check out Ward 3's new bicycle advocacy group, attend a bus rapid transit open house in Montgomery Countuy, learn more about Anacostia's 11th Street Bridge Park and the Union Station expansion, and much more in events this week. Keep reading…
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Here’s how Washingtonians use transit, in comparison to other cities
Earlier we looked at the various types of transit used in cities around the US. This time we dug even further into bus, rail, and streetcar data to see what other trends we could find. Keep reading…