Red Line returns to normal after work car derailment

By Colleen Kelleher
February 21, 2017 | 8:02 AM

Red Line returns to normal after work car derailment

WASHINGTON — Metro’s Red Line returned to normal service just before 8 a.m. Tuesday after a derailed work car forced subway trains to run on a single train between NoMa and Judiciary Square.

Metro had urged riders to consider alternatives and for MARC and Virginia Railway Express riders to use stations other than Union Station.

The two hours of single tracking caused delays at Union Station.

What you need to know about Metro GM’s plan to fund transit

By Max Smith
April 20, 2017 | 6:36 PM

WASHINGTON — New taxes to help fund Metro and major changes to how the transit agency operates would be in store if the region signs onto General Manager Paul Wiedefeld’s plan to address the system's funding. In the past, the agency's funding issues have contributed to subway breakdowns, delays and jurisdictional squabbling. Here's what riders and area taxpayers need to know about Wiedefeld's goals for the plan, reaction and what happens next. The plan in brief

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