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A Blue Line train has derailed outside of Arlington Cemetery station. https://twitter.com/Metrorailinfo/statu ... 5058919424
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A Metro train partially derailed on the Blue Line near the Arlington Cemetery station Tuesday evening, and firefighters are working to get hundreds of passengers out of the tunnel, Metro and fire officials said.https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/loca ... wSFPCbdGzU
Metro got word of a disabled train in the tunnel between the Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery stations just before 5 p.m. A Metro worker then discovered the train partially derailed, according to Metro.
Initially, there were no reported injuries, but Arlington Fire and EMS said around 8 p.m. Tuesday that one person was taken from the scene to a hospital in “stable condition.”Blue is basically Yellow today and Arlington Cemetary is bus bridged between Roslyn and Pentagon.
Sand Box John wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:54 pm "Holding brakes" don't magically set all by themselves. How the hell did the operator get all the way to Rosslyn from Largo with out noticing any out of normal performance of his train.The 7Ks are unlike prior series and holding brakes apply and disengage every time a train is keyed down or keyed up. WMATA, WMSC, and NTSB would need to look at the underlying cause of the brake fault warning, which itself isn't a cause. There could have been a software issue that triggered the warning, for example.
The National Transportation Safety Board yesterday opened the public docket for its ongoing investigation into the 2021 derailment of a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority train in Arlington, Virginia.However, there was a small section relevant to the 7000 series...
The accident occurred Oct. 21, 2021, when a wheelset on rail car 7200 derailed while traveling southbound on WMATA's Blue Line between the Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery stations. Of the 187 passengers onboard, one passenger was transported to the hospital for treatment; no other injuries were reported.