Here is the Metro train that became disabled in the tunnel just short of Gallery Place while heading south. DC Fire says all passengers have been safely evacuated. #wmata
Metro is now doing single tracking on the Green and Yellow lines at Gallery Place, Red Line running as normal, well at least normal for this week. #wmata
Here is a closer look at the Metro train that became disabled in the tunnel just short of the lower Green/Yellow line platform at the Gallery Place-Chinatown station. Firefighters tell me they evacuated about 100 people, everyone is OK. #wmata
Metro tells me the disabled train near Gallery Place appears to have had a brake malfunction. It was a Yellow Line train. DC Fire says its crews did not encounter smoke when they arrived, but one passenger tells us there was a lot of smoke soon after it happened. #wmata
I am told they are hoping to get the disabled Metro train out of the tunnel near Gallery Place fairly soon. In the meantime single tracking continues between Mount Vernon Square & L’Enfant Plaza on the Green/Yellow lines. #wmata
The Metro train is now gone from the tunnel near Gallery Place-Chinatown, and single tracking has ended. Now we are back to what counts for “normal“ service this week. #wmata
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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 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
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
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
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.“
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.
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