A "small bump" in the ride was reported by a #wmata employee on the inbound track after departing National Airport. Single-tracking continues via the outbound track. Delays, both directions.
#wmata continues to single-track between National Airport & Pentagon City due to a possible heat kink on the inbound track. Emergency Response Team personnel are on the tracks taking measurements to determine if there's an issue and what may be required to resolve it.
#wmata has released BL/Largo train 408 from National Airport, first train to "go normal" to Crystal City, which should be the end of single-tracking in the area.
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The #wmata Executive Committee heard brief comments from the IG and voted to approve the office's next yearly work plan. There were no Board member questions.
The #wmata Safety & Operations committee voted to approve a request to open Metrorail 2 hours early on Sunday, Sept 12th at 5a for the Cherry Blossom 10 miler and waive the $100k/hr fee.
The bad Red Line train is on its way at 15mph to Brentwood Yard (between Rhode Island Ave & NoMa), so delays should begin to reduce once it gets there.
Alexandria statement re: the Potomac Yard delay calls the ATC issue a "contract language mistake" regarding ATC technical specifications (also that it is "inexcusable") #wmata
#wmata informed Alexandria of its decision to delay the PY opening for ~5 months to fix the ATC design issue it found, not the other way around. Not sure why Alexandria would know more about the issue than the agency's own staff...
A #wmata supervisor first notified the Rail Operations Control Center of this at 9:32pm. MTPD personnel are on scene at Navy Yard Metrorail (likely already were there b/c the game, now providing add'l support). Actual incident details are unclear.
#wmata is dispatching its baseball gap trains early to shuttle riders entering the system at Navy Yard. The trains should run up to Mt. Vernon Sq before turning around.