Washington’s Metro system has pulled more than half its fleet of trains from service over a design flaw that allows the rail cars' wheels to slip off the tracks. The suspension promises to complicate daily travel and commutes for thousands of riders.
The safety ruling had already snarled commutes across the nation’s capital and the intertwined communities of northern Virginia and southern Maryland. Passengers on social media reported widespread delays with commuters waiting up to 45 minutes between trains and crowding chaotically into whatever space was available.
In remains to be seen whether the axle issue spreads to other regional commuter systems. Kawasaki supplies trains to the MTA in New York City, among other systems, and Homendy said the NTSB “may at some point” issue a recommendation for inspections of all similar train cars around the country. The incident promises to shine a potentially harsh light on WMATA, the regional transit authority which suffered a string of, several years ago but claimed to have addressed its issues.
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