Escalator Repairs
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Metro now wants to replace far more escalators, not just rehab them
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The WMATA repair strategy has shifted — now the transit agency wants to replace several times what they had initially planned. Will this mean more entrance closures like Dupont Circle?
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Metro presents visual confirmation of Metro escalator woes
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It's wonderful that Metro's investing $150 million in escalator and elevator repairs — just don't expect any to work for years.
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Sarles: Metro escalators at Dupont to undergo year-long rehab
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At this morning's transportation committee hearing at the Wilson Building, Metro GM/CEO Richard Sarles said the escalators at Dupont Circle will undergo a year-long renovation starting this spring.
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Metro escalators: A look at the system's worst (and best) stations
CommentAt last week's customer-service committee hearing, Metro officials presented a graph that showed just how often the escalators are transformed into stairs at the system's 20 busiest stations.
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Temporarily Stairs: Metro's escalator debacle of the week
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Things may seem bad at Dupont, but they're even worse down the Red Line at Metro Center.
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Dupont Circle Metro escalator grinds to a halt, jolting riders
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A witness tells us that yesterday morning around 9:20 a.m. the middle escalator at the south entrance to the Dupont Circle Metro suddenly ground to a halt.
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Major escalator outages at Dupont Circle Metro
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It appears that nary an escalator is working at the station's north exit.
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WMATA begins escalator work at Foggy Bottom Metro
Long-awaited renovations to the Foggy Bottom Metro station, including the installation of three new escalators, a staircase and a canopy to cover the station's entrance, are slated to begin this week.
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Metro installs manager to fix escalator and elevator systems
Metro has moved to strengthen management of its escalators and speed up some repairs in the wake of revelations of chronic maintenance deficiencies and faulty escalator brakes that have recently caused multiple rider injuries.
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Metro to speed escalator overhaul
Metro will overhaul eight escalators over the next two months on an accelerated schedule.
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Four Metro escalators to undergo 8-week repair at Chinatown and Union Station
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Be ready to start hoofing it at the Chinatown and Union Station stops.
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Metro employee removed safety barrier
Officials at Metro believe one of the transit systems own employees removed a safety barrier at the bottom of an out-of-service escalator.
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WMATA: Metro passengers climbed escalator with missing steps
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At Thursday's regularly scheduled Metro meetings, a WMATA safety officer gave a report on an escalator incident at the Tenleytown-AU station.
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Escalator problems strike Wheaton Metro
More escalator problems for Metro -- this time at the Wheaton station.
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The wait for safe, efficient Metro has been too long
Metro's escalators keep breaking simply because the transit system has failed to do routine maintenance.
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Escalator outage rate doubles
It hasn't just seemed like it: Metro's already-decried escalator outage rates, which generally hover around 10 to 12 percent, have gotten far worse this week.
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Metro escalator problems: Leaked document indicates Metro knew of woes in Sept.
CommentA leaked document shows Metro knew about serious problems with escalators at four stations prior to accident at L'Enfant Plaza that injured four people.
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Metro's escalator woes have a long history
Metro's escalator performance has long been a sore spot for riders.
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