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A typical 5000-Series car similar to the stopped train in the crash at Branch Avenue Yard. The 1000-Series entered service in 1976 when the Metro system opened, and were refurbished and had their motors converted from DC to AC propulsion by Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie in the mid-1990s. In 2006, the NTSB cited the 1000-Series cars as ...
Metro had a string of three fatal accidents involving track workers in a little over a year. [22] In October 2005, a Metro employee was struck and killed at the Braddock Road station on the Blue and Yellow Lines. [23] In May 2006, another Metro employee died after being hit by a Red Line train at Dupont Circle station. [24]
2009 Washington Metro train collision may refer to: June 2009 Washington Metro train collision , between two revenue trains on the Red Line between Fort Totten and Takoma stations November 2009 Washington Metro train collision , between two non-revenue trains at the Falls Church rail yard
The 1982 Washington Metro train derailment was an incident involving a single Orange Line Washington Metro train during the afternoon rush hour of January 13, 1982, in Downtown Washington, D.C. in the United States.
The DC Metro Police Department is investigating the incident, he added, which will be overseen by the US Attorney Matthew Graves’ office. ... (D-Texas) having his car stolen at gunpoint in the ...
Eight passengers and a train operator were killed in the collision and at least 70 people were injured. It is the deadliest accident in the history of the Washington Metro. [32] The National Transportation Safety Board's report of July 27, 2010, blamed the crash on a faulty track circuit, part of the automatic train control system.
The inclement weather had caused an early start to Washington's rush-hour traffic, frustrating the response time of emergency crews. The early rush hour also meant that trains on the Washington Metro were full when just 30 minutes after Flight 90 crashed, the Metro suffered its first fatal crash, at Federal Triangle station. This meant that ...
Three Super Bowl championships in 1982-83, 1987-88 and 1991-92, another appearance in 1983-84 and a slew of playoff berths meant that DC was one of the centers of the football universe.