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#11 CNJRoss

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Posted 10 June 2016 - 07:23 AM

WTOP radio, 6/10:
 

New rail cars won’t see use on three Metro lines

 

WASHINGTON — Metro received a record number of shiny new 7000 Series rail cars last month, but riders on the Blue, Orange and Silver lines aren’t seeing any of them.

 

The new rail cars cannot navigate a steep curve on a stretch of tracks shared by the three lines because the part of the car that draws power from the third rail can raise up by about a quarter of an inch, General Manager Paul Wiedefeld said Thursday. That can lead to the entire train automatically shutting down as apparently happened in the tunnel outside Rosslyn last month.

 

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Posted 30 November 2016 - 06:37 PM

WTOP radio, 11/30:
 

Problems for Metro’s new rail cars; new steps to fix old ones

 

WASHINGTON — Metro’s new 7000 Series cars are having more problems than they should, which is contributing to rider frustrations as a number of other trains each day go out of service or do not run at all.

 

While more of the new cars are arriving each month and fewer of the new trains are going out of service in the middle of the line, Metro data show other issues with the cars — such as air conditioning problems — are happening far more often than the contract with the company building the cars says they should.

 

 

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