What In Blue Blazes Is Wrong With Metro???

[BurgundyNGold]

Of course, there was the horrible accident last week. Then on Thursday they found a freaking cracked rail between Grosvenor and Friendship Heights that force all traffic onto a single track. Now, someone gets hit by a train at Forest Glen.

Metro Train Strikes Person at Forest Glen Station

5 p.m. update:Metro reports a man was struck and killed by a Red Line train at Forest Glen this afternoon. The transit authority said it appeared the man was on the tracks deliberately.

Trains are sharing a single track between Forest Glen and Silver Spring. Single-tracking is likely to continue through the rush period.

The incident, at about 4:10 p.m., involved an uncrowded, eight-car Red Line train heading downtown. The passengers were able to evacuate the train by with the assistance of Metro employees. Other trains then began sharing the track around the stopped train.

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Source (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/getthere/2009/06/new_disruption_on_red_line.html)

WTH is wrong with Metro? When they are given so much money from the Federal government, WMATA (DC, MD, VA) and have ridership fees that are more expensive than either NY or Boston (with the nation's 2nd largest ridership), how can they not take care of the fundamentals of transit safety?!

[SpicyMcHaggis]

Of course, there was the horrible accident last week. Then on Thursday they found a freaking cracked rail between Grosvenor and Friendship Heights that force all traffic onto a single track. Now, someone gets hit by a train at Forest Glen.



Source (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/getthere/2009/06/new_disruption_on_red_line.html)

WTH is wrong with Metro? When they are given so much money from the Federal government, WMATA (DC, MD, VA) and have ridership fees that are more expensive than either NY or Boston (with the nation's 2nd largest ridership), how can they not take care of the fundamentals of transit safety?!
You can almost consider yourselves lucky...over here, a train exploded early this morning in a station in Viareggio, causing 13 dead (at this point), numerous injuries, and even a few buildings to collapse.
Terrible stuff. You ask yourself how things like this can happen.

[smoak]

Yeah, and I don't hold the regional rails responsible for some idiot on the tracks. There are better ways to off yourself.... Just ask Carradine.

[Patrick]

Part of Metro's problems is poor maintenance management the other is NOT Metro ..... it's people!

[BurgundyNGold]

You can almost consider yourselves lucky...over here, a train exploded early this morning in a station in Viareggio, causing 13 dead (at this point), numerous injuries, and even a few buildings to collapse.
Terrible stuff. You ask yourself how things like this can happen.I heard about that. My condolences, Spicy.

[BurgundyNGold]

Yeah, and I don't hold the regional rails responsible for some idiot on the tracks. There are better ways to off yourself.... Just ask Carradine.
:lol1:

Well, if you're hell bent on going out... lol.

[RedskinsDave]

This is part of the problem:

http://www.examiner.com/a-669683~Metro_drivers_make__100_000_in_pay.html

[BurgundyNGold]

This is part of the problem:

http://www.examiner.com/a-669683~Metro_drivers_make__100_000_in_pay.html
Ugh.

[hail2skins]

Overall management is a big problem with Metro.

[CarMike]

Honest question. How is this the Metros fault? If the guy was on the tracks deliberately I can't see how its Metros fault. Then again, I don't know the day to day runnings either.

[Patrick]

Honest question. How is this the Metros fault? If the guy was on the tracks deliberately I can't see how its Metros fault. Then again, I don't know the day to day runnings either.
As I said, the other part of the problem is people. If you elect to be in an unauthorized area that is deemed to dangerous and end up getting hit by a train - it's not Metro's fault. But then again - ALL safe guards must be in place.

[BurgundyNGold]

Earlier today, another guy ran into the side of a moving train when he was fighting with another person on the platform lol. Jeebus.

[BurgundyNGold]

Metro continues its stellar record of unparalleled awesome:

Door Opens on Moving Metro Train

A door apparently opened on a moving Metro train Monday during rush hour, a Metro official confirmed late Monday.

Between the Federal Center SW and L'Enfant Plaza stations, on an Orange Line train heading toward Vienna, a customer alerted the operator that a single door had come open, according to spokesman Steven Taubenkibel. The train operator took the train out of service at L'Enfant Plaza. There were no injuries, he said, and an investigation into what happened is underway.

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Geesh. I'm pretty sure I would not have taken my job if I knew that getting to and from work would be safer in an asbestos removal truck.

Source (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/03/AR2009080302474.html)

[CarMike]

Perhaps Metro is trying to become a member of the LOA? :D

[BurgundyNGold]

And... another person hit by a Metro train. This one on the orange line in West Falls Chuch.

Source (http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=4007)

This a day after they fired a train operator for failing a drug test and driving a train with to many cars into the Greenbelt station.

[BurgundyNGold]

Perhaps Metro is trying to become a member of the LOA? :D
They'd be a first ballot inductee lol.

[BurgundyNGold]

And... another cracked rail:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/getthere/2009/08/metro_alert_red_line_delays_af.html

[BurgundyNGold]

Another person hit by a train:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/getthere/2009/09/metro_alert_reports_of_person.html

[hail2skins]

and they're proposing higher fares. The cost of getting hit by a train is going up.

[BurgundyNGold]

and they're proposing higher fares. The cost of getting hit by a train is going up.
:lol1:

Hopefully, the Federal subsidies for getting hit by trains keep pace lol.

[BurgundyNGold]

Metro continues its stellar record of performance and unparalleled public safety... Train derails at Farragut North:

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1887376