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A quick update on the Light Rail rebuild
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Metro cancels plans to bring back automated trains
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Sending MARC to WIlmington
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ATO coming back to some red line trains
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Are the 7000 series damaging Metro's tracks?
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Safe Track Surge 14 now a SHUTDOWN from Greenbelt to CP/PG
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MARC New Multilevels
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7000 Series door opening announcement
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Pedestrian tunnel from Farragut North to Farragut West
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Metro Connection tunnel
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NARP and VARP in Alexandria April 1
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WMATA - SafeTrack (spring 2017)
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VRE cancels Gainesville/Haymarket Expansion
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River water leaking into Yellow Line tunnel on 3/17/2017
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Fairfax Firefighters cutting up old Metro railcars
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Step plate junctions
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Gallery Place Terminal Operations
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20 minute headway on Red line due to rebulding
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WMATA - Back2Good
by JDC  - 
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21 years ago was the deadly MARC collision in Silver Spring
by davinp  - 
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Limited Run-Through: VRE to College Park Green&Purple
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Metro to begin retiring 4000 series next week
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Live Map
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VRE to discuss Midday Storage Facility at Community Meeting
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What happened to MARC RPO car?
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Advice for folks arriving on Friday for the March?
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Passenger counts on new DC light rail line
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WMATA 1K Series Rollsign
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51 Replies 
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Potomac Shores’ VRE station running behind schedule
by davinp  - 
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VRE to run "S" Schedule on Inauguration Day - Jan 20
by davinp  - 
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Metro to close 6 stations Feb 4-5 for major project
by davinp  - 
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Metro inspectors lie, submit fraudulant reports, fake work
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New cabinet at N end of Silver Spring
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Speed Restriction Between Metro Center and Chinatown
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Braking / deceleration distance or time of WMATA trains
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Yellow line
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Derailment at East Falls Church
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Train detached near Twinbrook station
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Metro to get rid of 1K & 4K cars in 2017, stop mixing series
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FTA to conduct WMATA safety investigation
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All 4000 series railcars being pulled from service
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Metro in the year 2020
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Metro train nearly runs over safety inspectors
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What MARC has spare for SEPTA?
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Grey Lady Tees Off
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Surge #10 on the red line
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WMATA - speed controls
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Interior "Next stop" signs in trains
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WMATA - proposed FY 2018 budget
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Station cleaning?
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Signals on both ends of Rockville station,
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New Money Train Cars
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WMATA - BOS single-tracking on 10-11-16
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WMATA - FY 2018 budget prep
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Virtual inspections a solution to ending late-nite service?
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Metro In The Middle
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Why is this MARC train parked in Denver?
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Metro -riders self-evacuate Red line train on 9/13/16
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WMATA - new digital ad displays
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WMATA - new report on Metro's power infrastructure
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messages
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List of Metro speed restrictions (as of Sept 13, 2016)
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VRE sells old gallery cars back to Chicago
by davinp  - 
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MARC To Purchase Siemens Chargers?
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Metro ridership plunges 11%. PR department blames trees...
by MCL1981  - 
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MARC using Amtrak P42s
by dt_rt40  - 
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Metro Mangers discourage use of brakes to save time
by MCL1981  - 
10 Replies 
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WMATA - seeking to privatize parking garages
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WMATA Rhode Island Ave Station - falling concrete
by JDC  - 
2 Replies 
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Derailment at Alexandria Yard
by YOLO  - 
1 Replies 
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Why Metro cannot run more than 26 tph
by JDC  - 
3 Replies 
 2215 Views
 by MCL1981
 
VRE Photo Policy
by jackintosh11  - 
10 Replies 
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 by davinp
 
Does MARC have a power problem brewing on the Penn Line?
by TheOneKEA  - 
28 Replies 
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 by twropr
 
NEC Future: Four-tracking Odenton
by STrRedWolf  - 
3 Replies 
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WP story: Why Metro is so hard to maintain
by JDC  - 
7 Replies 
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New wmata.com preview
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 by jayo
 
MARC history - station openings and other significant events
by The EGE  - 
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 by STrRedWolf
 
Third rail was live when passengers evacuated July 5
by davinp  - 
3 Replies 
 1992 Views
 by MCL1981
 
Metro discontinuing paper farecards - set dates
by JDC  - 
13 Replies 
 4729 Views
 by farecard
 
WMATA - red signal violations
by JDC  - 
5 Replies 
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 by JDC
 
Metro May Permanently Close at Midnight; 10pm on Sundays
by davinp  - 
5 Replies 
 2272 Views
 by litz
 
Falsify maintenance records, kill people, get your job back!
by MCL1981  - 
12 Replies 
 3813 Views
 by Backshophoss
 
Why does MTA keep small "useless" stations in operation?
by MCL1981  - 
16 Replies 
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 by MCL1981
 
VRE shatters ridership records during Metro SafeTrack Surge
by davinp  - 
0 Replies 
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 by davinp
 
Baltimore Metro follows WMATA lead
by Sand Box John  - 
1 Replies 
 1989 Views
 by STrRedWolf
 
Station and stop signal overrun at DCA
by MCL1981  - 
2 Replies 
 1785 Views
 by Sand Box John
 
Glenmont red signal violation & possible switch damage
by srepetsk  - 
11 Replies 
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 by John_Perkowski
 
Metro power question
by YOLO  - 
3 Replies 
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 by srepetsk
 
VRE proposes storage tracks at New York Avenue
by davinp  - 
1 Replies 
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 by Sand Box John
 
Metro implements 15-minute 'grace period' July 1
by JDC  - 
3 Replies 
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 by JDC
 
New tunnel lights going in
by MCL1981  - 
5 Replies 
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 by Sand Box John
 
Metro to display photos by Kevin Sutherland at NoMa
by JDC  - 
0 Replies 
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 by JDC
 
Metro blames more delays on the fire department
by MCL1981  - 
5 Replies 
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 by MCL1981
 
MARC 7900's (ex Metra/CNW Pullman cars)
by mmi16  - 
23 Replies 
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 by Backshophoss
 
Flooding at Cleveland Park Metro
by JackRussell  - 
15 Replies 
 2902 Views
 by Sand Box John
 
Metro's 1967 plan & pitch
by JDC  - 
1 Replies 
 1045 Views
 by Sand Box John
 
Metro's new COO
by JDC  - 
0 Replies 
 1601 Views
 by JDC
 
Smithsonian station
by YOLO  - 
1 Replies 
 1817 Views
 by Sand Box John
 
VRE unable to buy 21 new cars, will sell to Metra
by davinp  - 
0 Replies 
 1710 Views
 by davinp
 
Metrorail midnight closing begins June 3, 2016
by JDC  - 
1 Replies 
 2036 Views
 by Robert Paniagua
 
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