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Re: WMATA: Metro 50th Anniversary

Posted by Sand Box John on Fri Mar 27 13:46:58 2026, in response to Re: WMATA: Metro 50th Anniversary, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Mar 27 11:00:44 2026.

Meanwhile the current management is so focused on creating viral moments, the celebration isn't the regional event it should be IMO.

Did not even consider seeing it from that viewpoint.

Drove in from the Sand Box this morning to Largo and parked, took the Silver line to Metro Canter and rode the Red line to Glenmont and back to Governor. Chose not to go all the way to Shady Grove as I wanted to get back at Metro Center before all of the pennants were gone.

Spoke the the Chief Operating Officer, He said WMATA is in the works for a display on the National Mall in July that will coincide Metrorail's 50th anniversary with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Passed out a couple dozen of the 1976 opening day passes I have.

2 thing I noticed:
  • Station name text on pylons is smaller and island platform pylons are shorter then they originally were.
  • 7k cars enter stations hotter in automatic mode then the aluminum rolling did prior to the suspension of automatic operation. 30 plus MPH roughly 200' from the stopping point at the end of the platform.
Got myself Senior SmarTrip Card. The ladies in the sales office were kind enough to transfer the balance on my regular SmarTrip Card onto my Senior SmarTrip Card.

John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore.

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