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Posted 23 November 2017 - 03:32 PM

WTOP radio 11/23/17:
 

Metro’s new cars falling short of requirements

 

WASHINGTON — Metro’s new 7000 Series cars are falling short of contract requirements due to a series of system failures, but the agency said it is working on improvements that are already beginning to show benefits.

 

“I would say there’s probably 10 open engineering items,” Chief Operating Officer Joe Leader told the Metro Board last week. “Once they resolve them, we’ll probably see a huge significant increase in [performance].”

 

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Overall, the 7000 Series cars averaged 16,144 miles between failures in July, August and September — better than any of Metro’s three other railcar fleets but below the 20,000 miles promised.

 

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