RD/Twinbrook delays due to train 106 offloading @ Forest Glen. The train is being used for a track inspection due to a earlier report of a possible fire on the inbound track. #wmata
It looks like #wmata may be single-tracking between Forest Glen and Silver Spring due to an earlier report of a possible fire on the inbound track. Delays, both directions.
Red Line trains are running again in both directions between Forest Glen and Silver Spring. No single-tracking, but delays up to 15 minutes (there was a track crew in the area with access to the tracks, causing some trains to hold). #wmata
#wmata ATC personnel cleared up trains on the southbound track first, moving to the northbound track second. Yellow/Green line trains remain delayed towards Greenbelt.
The ROCC has declared a "Code 34" - meaning that Rail Traffic Controllers are blind and cannot remotely see where trains are. This is *not* an imminent safety risk - the underlying ATC system continues to work - but may cause some train delays.
On Kojo, #wmata GM/CEO says the agency was lagging behind the region in its vaccination rate, but he didn't say what the agency's current percentage is.
Sherwood: Gondola???
Wiedefeld: "Tom, I run buses and trains, not gondolas"
Wiedefeld: #wmata didn't investigate taller or more difficult-to-jump faregates; he says the system's architecture presents a limitation
I defer to @dcmetrohero on the accuracy of the data, but it appears #wmata@Metrobusinfo has missed about ~100-140 bus trips over the past 3 hours this morning across its network.