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18 Oct, 4 tweets, 3 min read
A defect found in one axle of the Metrorail car that derailed last week was found in other 7000 series cars, so @MetrorailSafety is ordering all 7000 series cars pulled from service before Metro opens tomorrow morning. The 7000 series cars are Metro‘s newest. #wmata
If you ride Metro prepare for a really rough day tomorrow with the 7000 series trains gone. Metro says the 7000 series makes up about 60% of its fleet. #wmata
7000 series trains are still operating tonight. I just got on this one at the U Street station. #wmata
And my 7000 series train just passed another 7000 series train. They and all the rest of the 7000 series have to be pulled by when Metrorail opens at 5 AM tomorrow. #wmata

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18 Oct
BREAKING: NTSB says the Metro train that derailed last week derailed at least three times that same day & was not pulled out of service until the last derailment. It was able to get back on the tracks the first two times. Broken brake parts left behind all 3 times. #wmata
NTSB: “This could have been catastrophic.” #wmata
NTSB says the first 2 derailments the train kind of righted itself & got back on the tracks. But the third one started at a switch near the Rosslyn station and the train never righted itself. It grew worse as the train moved on until the train could no longer move easily. #wmata
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15 Jul
A Metro board of directors committee approved this today, another vote by the full board is still needed - but comments by the transit police chief made it seem as if MTPD would do very little enforcement at all if and when this goes into effect. (thread) #wmata
He says they wouldn't suspend the person's SmarTrip card & they'd only be charged with trespassing if they committed another crime on Metro property while under a ban. #wmata
Q: “I try to get on a train, what happens if I’m banned?”
MTPD Chief: "Theoretically sir you could get on the train & as long as you didn’t commit a criminal offense that drew your attention to the police then you could get on that train, and we would not be aware of it.” #wmata
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26 May
On the scene near Giles St in Springfield’s Newington Forest area, where a husband & wife were shot & killed in their front yard this morning.
The new Fairfax County police chief called it a “tragic, brutal, vicious double murder.“
Fairfax Co. Police had been at the same home Monday for many hours after a report of a “dispute“ & burglary. They believe today’s murders were connected to what happened Monday.
Monday’s incident was still under investigation when this morning’s double murder happened.
Police chief: “This was not a random act of violence. Not at all...the shooter or shooters, we strongly believe, are known to a relative of our two victims.“
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26 May
US attorney’s office announces huge operation in which authorities seized large amounts of drugs, illegally possessed guns, and cash.
The operation involved seven states and the alleged criminals had a large presence in Loudoun County.
The DEA says seven different groups were operating out of the DC region.
Although the drug operation spanned far beyond Loudoun, the county sheriff says in Loudoun alone it was the largest drug seizure in county history.
He says the drugs stemmed from the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico, once led by El Chapo.
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10 Apr
NEW: Metro has identified problems with its response to a 3/26 disabled train near Rhode Island Avenue station that affected 109 riders: poor communication, an inadequate response that left some riders stranded 90 mins, a train car that rolled 137 ft after riders got off. #wmata
GM Paul Wiedefeld says he’s taking several immediate steps, including adding Safety Dept. and Office of Emergency Management (OEM) staff to the rail operations control center 24/7 to coordinate the response to emergencies. #wmata
Metro says no one at the scene reported that a train car had rolled about 137 feet at less than five mph while they were trying to get it ready to tow. It should have been reported. #wmata
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25 Feb
Some of Metro's own board members think the number is too low, but #wmata isn't projecting many more rail riders even by the end of 2021:

Metrorail Number of Trips Oct - Dec
2019 45.5 million
2020 6.3 million
2021 (projected) 8.0 million
Some Metro board members indicated that is an extremely conservative estimate given how many people are expected to be vaccinated by then. #wmata
Metro's chief financial officer indicated many rail riders who can work from home may never come back five days a week: "Going forward, the expectation is that folks are going to be working perhaps one or two days in the office and the rest from home." #wmata
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