Metro operator opens doors on wrong side

[davinp]

An Orange Line train operator opened the doors on the wrong side of his train on Thursday, May 3 at the Ballston Metro station. Such incidents still occur periodically, despite protocols put into place in 2008 to prevent them from happening.

Radio records indicate the operator did not properly report the incident, and a supervisor was sent to take over operations of the train.

The last known time a train operator opened doors on the wrong side of their train was on May 11, 2017, when they opened on the wrong side at Rhode Island Avenue station which sits on elevated tracks above the street with the same name.

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[Chris Brown]

The usual incompetence from WMATA workers.

Of course the union makes it so you can't fire these losers so expect this kind of thing to continue.

[tommyboy6181]

The usual incompetence from WMATA workers.

Of course the union makes it so you can't fire these losers so expect this kind of thing to continue.

Very true. Same thing happened in the Woodley Park accident where WMATA fired the train operator but the union forced WMATA to rehire the train operator. That was after completely destroying a few railcars and damaging some others.

[mmi16]

So bad that Metro has to abide by working rules and conditions they agreed to with their employees.

[Sand Box John]

I find the discussion of this issue to be somewhat amusing, I was aboard a train that opened its doors on the wrong side on 03 27 1976. For those that forgot or don't know, 03 27 1976 was the day the first segment began carrying passengers.