METRO riders — how’s it going TODAY?

[Anonymous]

Looking for current info/status about delays, crowds, etc., from current riders. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

There's a app for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a app for that.

DCUM has an app?

[Anonymous]

I just checked a metro app and it doesn’t indicate any delay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just checked a metro app and it doesn’t indicate any delay.

because the trains that are running aren't delayed, however, only 40% of the trains are actually running

[Anonymous]

Took Metro Bus instead of Rail. Very few folks in the bus and I arrived at my desk at about the same time. (Columbia Heights --> L'Enfant)

[Anonymous]

Wheel assemblies on the 7000 series had failed dozens of times in recent years.

“The potential for fatalities and serious injuries was significant,” NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said. “This could have resulted in a catastrophic event.”

Not great.

[Anonymous]

39 incidents in 2021. Issues going back to 2017.

wmata train 407 actually derailed at least 3 times on Oct. 12. Trail of broken brake parts along Blue Line tracks.

Oof.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just checked a metro app and it doesn’t indicate any delay.

because the trains that are running aren't delayed, however, only 40% of the trains are actually running

Maybe just the few times I checked but the app always showed trains arriving at normal intervals (with a change at Metro center). So the overall ride time was the same as usual.

[Anonymous]

Hmm I pick up my high schooler from suburban metro stop every day at 3:22, once in a while, 3:11, depending on which orange line train he catches. Yesterday he arrived at 3:11. I don't know if he was lucky or this is over-hyped. We'll see how today goes.