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Discussion related to DC area passenger rail services from Northern Virginia to Baltimore, MD. Includes Light Rail and Baltimore Subway.

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WMATA - painting Union Station's vault ceiling
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Union Station, 1970s and 1980s
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WMATA - Loudoun Metrorail Training Simulator Opens
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Red line tunnel problems
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Metro's revised track work & maintenance plan
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MARC Delays Caused by Amtrak
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Happy 25th Anniversary VRE
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Perryville maintence yard delayed 5 years.
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WMATA - man writes songs about all 91 Metro stations
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Weekday Parking at Martin State Airport
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WMATA - Post-Safetrack safety program
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VRE to raise fares
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WMATA - Wiedefeld proposes new business model
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A quick update on the Light Rail rebuild
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Sending MARC to WIlmington
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ATO coming back to some red line trains
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Are the 7000 series damaging Metro's tracks?
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MARC New Multilevels
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7000 Series door opening announcement
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Metro Connection tunnel
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NARP and VARP in Alexandria April 1
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WMATA - SafeTrack (spring 2017)
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VRE cancels Gainesville/Haymarket Expansion
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Step plate junctions
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Gallery Place Terminal Operations
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WMATA - Back2Good
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27 Replies 
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Metro to begin retiring 4000 series next week
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Live Map
by wrivlin  - 
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What happened to MARC RPO car?
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Passenger counts on new DC light rail line
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WMATA 1K Series Rollsign
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Metro to close 6 stations Feb 4-5 for major project
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New cabinet at N end of Silver Spring
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Yellow line
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Derailment at East Falls Church
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Train detached near Twinbrook station
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FTA to conduct WMATA safety investigation
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All 4000 series railcars being pulled from service
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Metro in the year 2020
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Metro train nearly runs over safety inspectors
by MCL1981  - 
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What MARC has spare for SEPTA?
by STrRedWolf  - 
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Grey Lady Tees Off
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Surge #10 on the red line
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WMATA - speed controls
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Interior "Next stop" signs in trains
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WMATA - proposed FY 2018 budget
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Station cleaning?
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Signals on both ends of Rockville station,
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New Money Train Cars
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WMATA - BOS single-tracking on 10-11-16
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WMATA - FY 2018 budget prep
by JDC  - 
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Metro In The Middle
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Why is this MARC train parked in Denver?
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WMATA - new digital ad displays
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WMATA - new report on Metro's power infrastructure
by JDC  - 
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messages
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VRE sells old gallery cars back to Chicago
by davinp  - 
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MARC To Purchase Siemens Chargers?
by NH2060  - 
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7 Replies 
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MARC using Amtrak P42s
by dt_rt40  - 
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10 Replies 
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 by MCL1981
 
WMATA - seeking to privatize parking garages
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WMATA Rhode Island Ave Station - falling concrete
by JDC  - 
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 by Sand Box John
 
Derailment at Alexandria Yard
by YOLO  - 
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Why Metro cannot run more than 26 tph
by JDC  - 
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 by MCL1981
 
VRE Photo Policy
by jackintosh11  - 
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28 Replies 
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 by twropr
 
NEC Future: Four-tracking Odenton
by STrRedWolf  - 
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 by STrRedWolf
 
WP story: Why Metro is so hard to maintain
by JDC  - 
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New wmata.com preview
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3 Replies 
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Metro discontinuing paper farecards - set dates
by JDC  - 
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WMATA - red signal violations
by JDC  - 
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 by litz
 
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