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On June 22, 2009, at 5:03 p.m., a six-car train collided with and telescoped onto a stationary train between the Takoma and Fort Totten Metro stations. 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]
Cleveland Park — District of Columbia: 2105 Dec 5, 1981: College Park–University of Maryland: MARC: Camden: Prince George's County, Maryland: 1647 Dec 11, 1993: Columbia Heights — District of Columbia: 6478 Sep 18, 1999: Congress Heights — District of Columbia: 1357 Jan 13, 2001: Court House — Arlington County, Virginia: 3348 Dec 11 ...
J4 eventually became a WMATA Metrobus Route on February 4, 1973 when WMATA acquired DC Transit and formed its Metrobus System. Around August/September, 1975, J2 was formed as a brand new Metrobus Route to operate as part of the "East - West Highway" Line alongside the J4 Metrobus Route, only with the exception that it would operate between ...
www.wmata.com /service /rail / Operation; Began operation: March 27, 1976; 48 years ago () Operator(s) Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Character: At-grade, elevated, and underground: Number of vehicles: 1,242 railcars: Train length: 6 or 8 cars: Headway: 5–10 mins peak; 6–15 mins off-peak: Technical; System length ...
WMATA broke ground for its train system in 1969. [16] The first portion of the Metrorail system opened March 27, 1976, connecting Farragut North to Rhode Island Avenue on the Red Line. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The 103 miles (166 km) of the original 83-station system was completed on January 13, 2001, with the opening of Green Line's segment from Anacostia ...
NoMa–Gallaudet U station is an elevated, island platformed station on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) Metro system. It is located on the same embankment as the Amtrak tracks into Union Station. It serves the Red Line, and is situated between Union Station and Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood stations. With an ...
On October 23, 2016, WMATA implemented the NH2 as a nine-month test plot due to high demand. [12] [13] The NH2 is the first route to provide service across the reconstructed Woodrow Wilson Bridge, the first route since the former N11 & N13 that ran between King Street station and Branch Avenue/Suitland stations that were discontinued on June 26 ...
The Chicago Transit Authority provides service in Chicago and 10 surrounding suburbs. The CTA provided a total of 532 million rides in 2011, [6] a 3 percent increase over 2010 with ridership rising to levels not seen for 20 years. [7] The CTA operates 24 hours each day and on an average weekday provides 1.7 million rides on buses and trains.