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1 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
NEW THIS MORNING: Metro GM's proposed budget for fiscal year staring next July includes:
-$2 fare on rail trips after 9:30pm
-extra $5 added to SmarTrip cards for every $25 a rider adds to the card ($30 worth of rides for the price of $25)
-monthly & weekly pass discounts #wmata
This is the time between Metrorail trains the new budget calls for. Metro already started running at these intervals in September, but as riders are well aware the times aren't even close to this right now thanks to the derailment & the pulling of all 7000 series trains. #wmata Image
Metro's proposed budget predicts $293 million in fare money from riders next fiscal year, a big increase over this year but still well less than half what Metro was receiving from riders pre-pandemic. #wmata
Metro says the proposed discount on 7 day unlimited trip passes is aimed at making them more attractive to people who don't ride every single weekday, but ride at least 3 times a week. Mostly aimed at people who telework some days, go to the jobsite other days. #wmata

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28 Oct
BREAKING: Metro GM says current slow Metrorail service will last through at least November 15. He says to continue to expect 30 minutes between trains on all lines but Red, which will be 15 minutes. #wmata
Here's the plan to bring back service in phases. We are in 1A right now, and it sounds like we're not getting out of this Metro mess anytime soon. #wmata
Metro says as they bring more older trains back - which they say takes time because of parts replacements & inspections that have to be done first - their top priorities will be helping w/crowding happening on the Green & Red lines, plus restoring full Silver Line service. #wmata
Read 4 tweets
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27 Oct
LATEST ON METRO: #wmata gave update this afternoon, they hope to add five 6-car trains into service late next week; those trains are currently stuck at Shady Grove rail yard due to canopy & other work at the closed Shady Grove & Rockville stations blocking their path south
Metro spokesperson says track work is needed to get the trains safely past the work going on at those two stations. Right now there are 31 trains in service, so five more would help, but would not get things back to normal by any stretch of the imagination. #wmata
In fact, every day this week there have been 31 trains operating. It's becoming increasingly obvious returning older 2000, 3000 & 6000 series trains to service will not happen fast enough to make a quick impact. Only the return of 7000s would make a huge difference. #wmata
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22 Oct
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 Image
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 ImageImage
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 ImageImageImage
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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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18 Oct
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
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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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