The transit agency told the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission it will bring back 64 rail cars until it can automate a wheel inspection system to restore the rest.
The first part of Metro’s two-part restoration plan last week provided the agency with good news amid a turbulent stretch as Metro continues to have safety failures. A recertification lapse involving about half of the rail operators resulted in the resignations of General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld and Metro Chief Operating Officer Joseph Leader on May 16.
Metro said at the time that it couldn’t get precise-enough measurements with its tools. After months of research and trials, it put together a new process of screening cars that uses digital instruments, while limiting the number of cars it is initially putting back into service to 64 — or eight eight-car trains.
Metro’s second attempt at a manual screening process includes separate teams responsible for the inspections and the data entry, oversight and quality-control checks, safety commission officials said. Inspections will be conducted each day before a 7000-series car can carry passengers. Metro has safeguards to ensure that a rail car won’t leave the yard until it has passed inspection.
Metro pulled 72 operators from work for recertification, and Mayer said the agency is required to submit a plan early next week that will include how the transit agency is getting operators trained and tested.“This is an issue of management and scheduling, assigning and designating the resources needed to carry out the safety training and certification,” he said. “It’s not an issue caused by the operators themselves.
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