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Posted 14 November 2017 - 09:21 AM

WTOP radio, 11/14/17:
 

Metro says reduced schedule has made more riders on time

 

 

WASHINGTON — Cuts to Metrorail rush-hour schedules this summer have led to an increase in riders arriving “on time,” according to Metro metrics.

Metro’s latest Vital Signs report card for July, August and September finds 88 percent of rail rider trips were on time during the three-month period. That means a rider waited up to the longest possible scheduled amount of time for a train at that time of day, got on, and walked out of a destination station in the time expected.

 

The increase in on-time performance is “thanks in large part to the implementation of a realistic schedule, the railcar ‘get well’ plan and the rail infrastructure preventive maintenance and capital programs,”  .  .  .

 

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