WTOP radio 9/12/17:
Metro maintenance platforms for new trains sit unused
WASHINGTON — Metro maintenance platforms for the system’s new trains sat unused at the New Carrollton Rail Yard because they do not meet safety standards, new Federal Transit Administration inspection reports show.
An inspection on June 22 found that the elevated platforms on two maintenance tracks had been completed as designed but after construction, Metro ordered workers not to use them because:
- The gap between the platform and the car is dangerously wide, posing a risk that workers could fall between the platform and the car.
- The grating used for maintenance workers to walk on has gaps that are wide enough to allow dropped tools to fall through, potentially hitting someone walking below.
- There is no safety railing.
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