The PA on the Gallery Place / Chinatown Red Line platform is streaming the @iHeartRadio smooth jazz feed. @PoPville @wmata. pic.twitter.com/vdxGnhHodw
— Puck Buddys (@PuckBuddys) January 4, 2018
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Photo by PoPville flickr user Beau Finley
From WMATA:
“Blue/Orange Line: Single tracking btwn Smithsonian & McPherson Sq due to a track problem outside McPherson Sq. Delays in both directions.”
Alan Henney reports:
“CRACKED RAIL just now between McPherson Square and Metro Center, DC, expect delays.”
Photo by PoPville flickr user Pablo Raw
From WMATA:
“Metro today announced special late-night rail service until 2 a.m. on New Year’s Eve, three hours later than normal Sunday closing hours, to provide customers a safe transportation alternative.
In addition, there will be no scheduled maintenance on New Year’s Eve after 6 p.m. or on New Year’s Day. (more…)
via Capitol Improv
Mark it. It’s almost time for the No Pants Metro Ride DC 2018:
“Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 3 PM – 5 PM
Hancock Park
800 C St SW
Our 10th year riding the DC Metro without pants!
Act as if it’s any other day: you’re traveling to/from work, you’re headed to meet some friends, you’re en route to some appointment, you’re carting off your old Christmas tree, you’re a tourist not quite sure how to navigate Metro… you just happen to be without pants. (more…)
Photo by PoPville flickr user Beau Finley
So about that free Wi-Fi…
From WMATA:
“Metro is advising customers of evening and weekend service changes on the Red Line starting Friday, December 22, and continuing through Thursday, February 15, in order to extend a water leak-mitigation project and improve reliability. (more…)
Photo by PoPville flickr user nevermindtheend
Ed. Note: Metro also announced today special late-night service New Year’s Eve: “special late-night rail service until 2 a.m. on New Year’s Eve, three hours later than normal Sunday closing hours, to provide customers a safe transportation alternative. In addition, there will be no scheduled maintenance on New Year’s Eve after 6 p.m. or on New Year’s Day.”
From WMATA:
“Metro today announced the availability of free customer Wi-Fi service at 24 additional underground stations, dramatically expanding the number of Wi-Fi enabled stations to 30.
Metro first began offering customer Wi-Fi at six stations in April: Metro Center, Gallery Place, L’Enfant Plaza, Judiciary Square, Union Station and Archives.
Starting today, Wi-Fi is available at the following additional stations: (more…)
Photo by PoPville flickr user Phil
From WMATA:
“Metro has identified communications cable along a segment of the Red Line that is in need of replacement. The cable, approximately 40 years old dating back to the original construction of the Metrorail system, is used by the signal system to transmit train speed and location data between control rooms located at Brookland, Fort Totten and Takoma.
“We have detected a condition that, left unaddressed, could affect the integrity of the signal system, and that is something we take very seriously,” said Joseph Leader, Metro’s Chief Operating Officer. “Safety demands that the cable be taken out of service and replaced.”
To mitigate any safety concern due to the condition of the cable, Metro is limiting the number of Red Line trains between certain stations. Only one train at a time is permitted on each track between Brookland and Fort Totten and one train on each track between Fort Totten and Takoma. These restrictions reduce the capacity of the Red Line, resulting in congestion and delays. (more…)
via Metro Transit Police
From Metro Transit Police:
“NEW IMAGES | Police need your help to ID these 2 Persons of Interest in last night’s shooting at Minnesota Ave Station. Able to ID? Have info? Call MTPD detectives at 301-955-5000 or send a text to “MyMTPD” (696873).
MTPD is investigating a shooting (around 9pm Monday) that occurred at Minnesota Ave Station. One victim, adult male, transported conscious/alert with non-life-threatening injuries.”
From WMATA:
“An alert off-duty Metrobus operator is being credited with the safe recovery of loaded firearm that was carried onto the rail system this morning.
The employee observed a male subject on the platform of NoMa-Gallaudet Station shortly after 9:30 a.m. today. The male was seen showing the gun to another, unidentified individual prior to boarding an inbound Red Line train moments later.
The employee immediately called Metro Transit Police to report what he had observed and provided a detailed description of the subject. The train was intercepted by MTPD officers two stops away at Gallery Place. (more…)