The Washington D.C. Metro train system will stay on a much reduced service through at least the end of the year. Authorities are grappling with a safety problem that has forced the majority of the trains out of service following an October derailing.
Paul J. Wiedefeld, general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority , announced Monday that there were no set timelines for the return of the 7000-series train cars to service. The trains are the newest in service and the 748 cars comprise about 60% of the fleet.of the entire 7000-series line of trains in mid-October after a derailing revealed chronic problems with the wheels and axles.
“While we know service is not as frequent as customers would prefer, we will add each train as it becomes available to help incrementally improve service reliability and frequency,” Wiedefeld said. After the derailing, the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that the Kawasaki-made 7000-series trains had been suffering an escalating series of incidents due to a design flaw that caused the wheels to spread too wide on the axles, allowing the carriage to slip off the tracks. The issue had been apparent to WMATA since 2017, but neither NTSB nor the WMATA board had been informed, said NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy.
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