Metro plans $177 million fix for Red Line rail

Photo: Keep on waiting. Credit: R. Pace/SSP.

Photo: Keep on waiting. Credit: R. Pace/SSP.

UPDATED — Crawling along the Red Line rail route could get worse — I’m talking an all-new circle of hell — before a planned $177 million overhaul makes things better.

The proposed upgrades, which WMATA announced Thursday in a press statement, will focus initially on that stretch of track between Silver Spring and Dupont Circle. Exactly what might get fixed around Silver Spring isn’t specified, (more…)

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Photo: Move it, train! Credit: R. Pace/SSP.

Photo: Move it, train! Credit: R. Pace/SSP.

Trains on Metro’s Red Line route will continue to creep from station to station while transportation experts investigate the cause of last Monday’s train wreck near Fort Totten.

Commuters can expect train speeds to reach a mind-numbing maximum 35 miles per hour (more…)

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