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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Wed Dec 19 12:54:55 2007, in response to Re: WMATA Board Approves Fare Hike, posted by Mirai Zikasu on Tue Dec 18 23:50:41 2007. Blue Line Mutiny: Passengers refused to get off a train needing to be offloaded at Smithsonian during PM Rush Hour during the Cherry Blossom FestivalNew York Avenue Construction: There were a number of times that weekend construction was not completed prior to system opening on Monday morning, causing significant delays on the Red Line during the following rush hour Red Line Broken Rails: Multiple broken rails occurred on the Red Line in 2004 and 2005 on the western end, including one very "non-standard" break in comparison to how rails usually break, resulting in single tracking and major delays while the rails were fixed to allow service. Complete repairs would take place when the system closed that evening. I got stuck in a number of NYA construction related delays, the Red Line broken rails, and a number of computer crashes in the mid-1990s that caused massive rush hour delays. I was also on the Green Line this summer the morning the power failed. The common stretches on the Blue, Orange, Yellow, and Green Lines are not scheduled any more frequently than the Red Line is, so your hypothesis is irrelevant to any discussion. You finally do seem to understand my point though about how widespread delays are. And while yes, the goal is no delays, let's be reasonable and expect brekdowns to occasionally occur. I'm glad to see you have some common sense in analyzing the impact of blizzards on WMATA. Most posters on this board don't seem to get it, you do. |
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