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MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · 20h

#WMATA is planning for a 2-month shutdown next summer for Purple Line integration @ Bethesda. Stations between Friendship Heights & North Bethesda would be closed.

See this and more: https://www.wmata.com/about/board/meetings/board-pdfs/upload/3A-Maintenance-Related-Service-Outages.pdf

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MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

All, I believe, of #WMATA's electric buses, are being recalled due to high-voltage fire risk:

Attached: screenshot from FTA/NHTSA email regarding the recall

MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · 28d

Get ready for 36-minute headways on the Silver Line this weekend #WMATA

MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 21

Red Line trains remain delayed due to a reported fire and single-tracking outside of Forest Glen.

#WMATA

MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 18

ICYMI: former #WMATA Board member Devin Rouse has been appointed by the Virginia Governor to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission #wmsc

MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 29

FYI, friends using MetroAlerts - because of the bus network redesign, any bus alerts you previously were signed up for *no longer will alert you*. You need to go back to https://wmata.com/service/status/metroalerts.cfm and sign back up.

#WMATA

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MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 29

It's #WMATA bus network redesign day!

Check out your routes for changes, hopefully you got some better frequencies and/or connectivity

MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 23

Thank you to the loyal base of #metrohero users that continue to find value in the open-source application! #WMATA

Google Analytics snapshot report showing over 4.5k people continue to use MetroHero per month.

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MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 19

"environmental impacts" is not the primary need to clean up hydraulic fluid spills - the fluid, when on the top of rails, can cause trains to not be able to brake properly, which could be a significant safety hazard.

#WMATA

MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 19

The source of the hydraulic fluid spill (detected from Mt. Vernon Sq to Fort Totten and also on the Red Line from Fort Totten to Brentwood Yard) is PM63, the broken-down track unit which #WMATA reported was @ Southern Ave. The unit was towed to Branch Ave rail yard.

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MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 19

At approximately 4am, #WMATA track crews began responding to a hydraulic fluid spill which was originally identified around Mt. Vernon Sq (YL/GR) on the southbound tracks. Crews walked the tracks and found fluid on the left rail from Gallery Pl up to Columbia Heights.

At system open (5a), GR/YL […]

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MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 19

#WMATA has a tweet here, but doesn't mention the Yellow/Green line impact.

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MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 19

Earlier delays on Green/Yellow lines appear to be due to a hydraulic fluid leak/spill which began on the Red Line but continued to Yellow/Green.

#WMATA

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MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 18

#WMATA is offloading some Green Line trains at You Street due to single-tracking north at Fort Totten.

MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 18

#WMATA MICC has switched all Green Line trains to manual operations mode (rather than ATO) due to weather and single-tracking operations at Fort Totten.

MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 18

#WMATA is beginning to commence single-tracking between Hyattsville Crossing and Georgia Ave due to report of an arcing insulator outside Fort Totten.

Delays, both directions.

MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 18

#WMATA is allowing train 505 to proceed through the area, with its EV off, but with passengers onboard.

An arcing insulator can potentially cause smoke and/or fire.