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In 2022, VRE awarded a contract to Americaneagle.com to redesign it's website and upgrade it's mobile phone app. It will be ready to roll out soon (probably in May) The new VRE mobile app will be more just a ticketing app. The new features are - New train status map that shows Amtrak trains - VMS In...

They should already have started building them last year as we need them next year because the 2000/3000 series are too old and need to be retired by 2024. The 3000s seemed to be the backbone of WMATA for years and even outlasted newer cars. The new 8000 series, in the recent prototype sample, rese...

On Monday, customers may notice doors opening faster on some Blue, Orange, Silver, Green and Yellow line trains as Metro begins certifying operators who have been trained to use the Auto Doors function. The certifications will happen over the next few weeks. The feature enables doors to open automat...

It is important note the this is just a mock-up and the final design will be different from the mock-up. I thought the 8000 series were going to start arriving in 2025. We can't continue to use the 3000 series in 2026/2027 as they are too old and being more unreliable. They should be retired by 2025...

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) said starting June 1, every Red Line station between Glenmont and Takoma will be closed for construction. WMATA will have a free shuttle service for commuters while improvements are made to Glenmont, Wheaton, Forest Glen, Silver Spring and Takom...

This is part of Transforming Rail in Virginia. Too bad it come sooner. I'll be retired before 2050, and won't need the train. VRE's ridership is still down from pre-pandemic levels. Other commuter trains across the country are able to operate all day and on Saturdays. The CSX line is very congested ...

Beginning Monday, March 18, Metro Transit Police (MTPD) officials will enhance issuing citations for fare evasion in D.C. This comes after the Secure D.C. crime bill was passed by the D.C. Council and signed into law by Mayor Muriel Bowser Monday. The bill, aimed at reducing crime in the District, r...

Metro has been given 90 days to prove all train operators have the necessary safety certifications needed to perform their jobs. ”We saw that the records for a train operator, for example, involved a Green Line incident where they moved the train back toward Greenbelt on the wrong track — during an ...

Today Metro had another problem with a 7000 series train According to WMATA, an assembly box on the side of the train, which was a 7,000 series train, came loose and was rubbing against the third rail. The third rail is the electrified line running along the track, which provides power to Metro trai...

WMATA determined that single tracking is not feasible.

WMATA is not building the purple line. MDOT is and this just connecting their purple line to WMATA's red line

Metro wants to increase the maximum speed for trains to 75 miles per hour in many parts of the system. The transit agency’s leaders said the plan will save riders time and save as much as $2.3 million a year in Metro’s budget. At a meeting Thursday, Metro officials told their board of directors they...

Fare and service changes to take effect as soon as July 1, 2024 VRE’s FY 2025 operating budget totals $119.9 million, which includes operations, maintenance, and existing debt service. This is an increase of $11.0 million or 10 percent over the FY 2024 operating budget. The budget includes increases...

This week WMATA started running 7000 series as 6 car trains so that they can retire the 2000 series trains.
I thought they could only be operated as 8 car trains

https://twitter.com/wmataGM/status/1745134317401944441

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released the final report from its investigation of the October 2021 Metro derailment, and NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy criticized the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for not taking quicker action to correct a problem that caused a tr...

The new version will include a slightly different look to Train Status which will include not just VRE trains, but Amtrak trains as well. We will also have passenger count information for each car on the train using the real-time data from our passenger count system so passengers may choose which ca...