by JDC
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/tr ... d=sm_tw_pl
The article above discusses current slow speed zones, but it also discussion 'speeding' that recently occurred on the Silver line. In response, sometime over the next 2 years Metro will implement software changes preventing trains from going above 60 MPH. The article also discusses something I did not know, that "[t]here are stretches of the Green Line designed to handle speeds up to 79 mph — from Georgia Avenue to Greenbelt and from Anacostia to Branch Avenue — where trains are allowed to travel 65 mph." That will end under the new practice.
The article above discusses current slow speed zones, but it also discussion 'speeding' that recently occurred on the Silver line. In response, sometime over the next 2 years Metro will implement software changes preventing trains from going above 60 MPH. The article also discusses something I did not know, that "[t]here are stretches of the Green Line designed to handle speeds up to 79 mph — from Georgia Avenue to Greenbelt and from Anacostia to Branch Avenue — where trains are allowed to travel 65 mph." That will end under the new practice.
Living in Broadlands, VA; Working at Half & L SE, DC.