Additional delays @ Cheverly due to an interlocking (crossover) issue preventing the #wmata ROCC from remotely setting routes for trains to follow. A supervisor is on scene to manually crank/clamp switches so trains can move.
Orange Line riders, beware: select east-bound trains may offload @ Stadium-Armory and turn around before reaching New Carrollton due to this unannounced trackwork and a signal problem at Cheverly.
No, this is incorrect. Orange Line trains have been single-tracking between Cheverly and New Carrollton since before 8a this morning due to unannounced maintenance of way work. Trains are just now experiencing add'l delays due to a signal problem.
#wmata Orange Line trains continue to single-track without advance notice from @Metrorailinfo between Cheverly and New Carrollton due to vegetation removal around the tracks. Expect delays and note *very* poor schedule adherence.
#wmata's eastern Orange Line terminus (New Carrollton) has apparently missed 3 dispatches in just the last two hours, per @dcmetrohero, meaning these trains are not available to transport riders west towards Vienna.
...and, for unknown reason, @Metrorailinfo is also running fewer Silver Line than scheduled - about every 18 minutes, rather than the scheduled 12. #wmata
#wmata updated wmata.com/weekday silently after their weekly service alert email went out to note single-tracking Tuesday-Friday this week (though even the website is misleading, w/trains running less frequently than every 16min)
1:45pm Orange/Silver line silent service reduction update. Silver line trains are running about every 15-19 minutes. Orange line trains are running about every 21-23 minutes.
#wmata is performing single-tracking between Cheverly and New Carrollton until 5pm each day this week.
#wmata added two weekday "track maintenance" lines to its trackwork calendar (wmata.com/service/track-…), neither of which cover the current week's single-tracking.
After Orange Line single-tracking (Cheverly to New Carrollton) which apparently was uncoordinated within #wmata, someone at the agency has made the decision to run Silver Line trains back at their normal frequencies (12min), vs the ~20min headways they've run most of today.
After all-day unannounced vegetation clearing between Cheverly & New Carrollton, @Metrorailinfo has concluded single-tracking and is beginning to return Orange Line service to normal. #wmata
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#WMATA radio transmissions do appear to suggest that damage to Metro power infrastructure may have been intentional, and is what's causing this service suspension. Few details available yet as to power restoration timeline.
#WMATA offloaded Red Line train 114 due to a propulsion issue. The train is now being "Proceeded" - that is, a lookout in the lead car is radioing back to someone further back in the train so the train can move - in order to get it back to a rail yard.
Delays, both directions.
The #WMATA ROCC appears to have found a clever way to route around the disabled train just outside Grosvenor. Inbound trains are traversing via the pocket track; outbound is unaffected.
#WMATA has posted its FY22 Q3 financial report, dated May 13, 2022. It was posted on July 29, 2022. This period covers January-March, 2022.
Among other derailment investigation cascading effects: #WMATA has overhauled fewer of its older 2000/3000-series railcars with new components because they're needed for service.
As of March 2022, 82 of 182 6000-series railcars were potentially available for service.