WMATA safety system malfunctions
Yesterday in the Orange and Blue Line tunnel between Rosslyn and Foggy Bottom - GWU, a critical safety system malfuntioned. (Washington Post story; Metro press release.) Ordinarily, automatic systems ensure that the trains (which usually run fully automatically) do not get too close to each other. However, one train operator noticed that his train was getting too close to the train ahead of him. He manually braked his train. Then, the operator behind him took similar measures. Metro is running all trains through the segment manually until the problem is fixed.
Thank goodness these operators were alert and doing their jobs. I once saw a train operator reading a paperback book. If she had been captain of one of those trains yesterday, there might have been a crash.
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massysett | 9:36 AM |
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