Safety fixes finished, Metro to phase out ‘7000 Series train’ announcement

This is still a 7000 Series train. You just won’t be reminded at nearly every stop.

Such announcements — which were instituted to warn blind riders that what seem like open doors could actually be a gap between cars — are being phased out this summer from Washington’s Metro system, now that safety fixes are in place.

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So that's what the announcements were about. I always wondered why only the 7000 series announced what type of car they were. It reminded me of the Hal 9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey. "This is a 7000 series train. And a 7000 series train has never made a mistake."