Metro Crash
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Metro Crash Anniversary; School Start Times; Governor's Bowl
CommentToday on NewsTalk, we spoke with David Alpert, Jane Strauss, Ed Leyden. Gabriel Christian, and Cecilia Vergaretti.
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NTSB: Destroyed rail cars hit by train going 19 mph
CommentA Metro train was traveling no more than 19 mph when it crashed into a stopped train in a rail yard, destroying at least three rail cars in a November 2009 crash
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Report: Metro operator derailed train after long-term leave
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Last year's Metro train derailment at Farragut North was caused by a Metro operator who had just returned to the job after a nine-year-long leave
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Metro engineers out of loop with equipment, safety mods
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Metro potentially violated federal transportation rules for as long as three years by not informing engineering officials when safety equipment and systems were modified
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Metro sues Aon over post-crash insurance coverage gap
Metro has sued one of the nation's largest insurance brokerage firms.
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Metro upheaval in wake of crash extends its reach
The aftershocks from last year's deadly Metro crash have continued to reverberate through the transit system.
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Judge limits Metro liability for Ft. Totten crash that killed nine
A judge Friday narrowed the Metro transit system's potential liability in a lawsuit brought by victims of the June 2009 crash that killed nine people.
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26 injured in Metro bus accident in Silver Spring (photos)
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Montgomery County and Metro officials say 26 people were injured, some seriously, in an accident involving two Metro buses in Silver Spring.
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Congressional panel grills Metro safety panel about crash
A panel of Metro officials and transportation leaders told members of Congress that the transit system has improved.
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House to hear NTSB's Metro findings
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) asked for the hearing, according to a news release from her office.
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Other operator in Red Line crash had suspensions
A Metro train operator who survived last summer's deadly Red Line Metro crash had a history of suspensions.
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Metro board chairman in the hot seat
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Metro board chairman Peter Benjamin talks about the NTSB report on the 2009 Red Line crash, security concerns following the brawl at Gallery Place, and whether the "peak of the peak" fares are fair.
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Metro, NTSB meet over safety report
NTSB and Metro board members are trying improve the rail system due to last year's fatal Red Line crash.
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Graham: Metro board could do nothing to prevent deadly crash
The Metro Board of Directors could not have done anything differently given the information it had at the time of the June 2009 Red Line crash that killed nine people and injured dozens of others, said board member Jim Graham, chairman at the time of the incident.
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