Signaling system for DC’s Metro train continues to fail in area where deadly crash occurred

September 22nd, 2009 NTSB issues safety recommendations to MetroWASHINGTON — Transit lines and railroads that use the same signal system that failed to detect a stopped train in the area of a deadly Washington crash should check them to make sure they are working correctly, a federal safety board urged Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board said it was not ready to say what caused the June 22 crash that killed nine and injured 70 when a train hit another one stopped on the tracks.

July 22nd, 2009 Metro: 'Anomalies' found, but DC rail system safeWASHINGTON — The Washington Metro has found at least six spots where signaling equipment designed to detect the presence of trains on the tracks has malfunctioned since a fatal crash last month. Metro says "anomalies" were found in six circuits other than the one at the crash site.

July 15th, 2009 Metro signaling system continues to malfunctionWASHINGTON — Signaling equipment that is supposed to detect stopped Metro transit trains continues to fail periodically in the area where a deadly crash occurred in Washington, officials testified Tuesday. National Transportation Safety Board member Debbie Hersman told a House subcommittee that investigators are replacing various pieces of equipment in an attempt to stop the problem from occurring on a portion of the red line near the Maryland border.

July 3rd, 2009 Metro red line trains to resume normal speedsWASHINGTON — Metro officials say red line trains in greater Washington, D.C., will return to regular speeds this holiday weekend for the first time since a deadly crash. Nine people were killed and more than 70 injured June 22 when one train slammed into another train stopped on tracks.

July 1st, 2009 NTSB: DC train signal failed before crashWASHINGTON — Investigators say equipment that is supposed to detect stopped trains failed periodically in the days leading up to a deadly Metro transit train crash in Washington, D.C. Nine people were killed and more than 70 injured June 22 when a train slammed into another train stopped on tracks.

June 30th, 2009 Metro: Trains to run manually possibly for yearWASHINGTON — Transit trains around the nation's capital could continue running manually for a year or more while Metro makes sure its automatic control system works properly following a deadly crash, the agency's general manager said Tuesday. Nine people were killed and more than 70 injured June 22 when a moving train slammed into another train stopped on the tracks near the Maryland state line.

June 29th, 2009 Person struck and killed by Metro trainWASHINGTON — Metro says a person has been struck and killed by a train at a station on the red line in Maryland just outside Washington. The transit agency says the person was struck by an eight-car train shortly after 4 p.m.

June 26th, 2009 Memorial service set for operator in DC crashWASHINGTON — A memorial service will be held for the operator of a Washington Metro train involved in Monday's crash. Jeanice McMillan, 42, of Springfield, Va., was to be remembered Friday morning at the Temple of Praise Fellowship Hall in D.C.

June 26th, 2009 Metro superintendent reassigned following crashWASHINGTON — The Washington-area mass transit authority has temporarily reassigned the superintendent of the automatic control system that is supposed to prevent train crashes. Federal investigators said Thursday that Metro's signaling system failed to detect a test train stopped in the same place as one that was struck during a deadly crash this week.

June 26th, 2009 NTSB: Metro signal system didn't detect test trainWASHINGTON — The signaling system for the Washington-area transit agency failed to detect a test train stopped in the same place as one that was struck during a deadly crash this week, federal investigators said Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board's test results indicate the oncoming train involved in Monday's crash that killed nine could have lacked information that another train was stopped on the tracks ahead.

June 26th, 2009 Control system chief reassigned following DC crashWASHINGTON — The train operator killed this week in a Washington commuter rail crash was a hero who saved lives, the Metro transit agency's general manager said Friday. John Catoe told relatives, friends and colleagues who gathered at a Washington church that 42-year-old Jeanice McMillan was not just doing her job when she was operating the train.

June 25th, 2009 DC Metro red line stations open after crashWASHINGTON — Metro is reopening all the stations along its red line during the morning and evening rush hours after a crash earlier this week killed nine people. The crash occurred on the red line between the Fort Totten and Takoma stations.

June 25th, 2009 NTSB: D.C. signal system didn't detect test trainWASHINGTON — Investigators say a signaling system failed to detect a stopped commuter train during tests of the track where a deadly crash occurred this week in Washington, D.C. The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that the train control system lost detection of a test train that was stopped in the same place as the train that was struck on Monday.

June 23rd, 2009 5 of those killed in DC metro crash identifiedWASHINGTON — Officials are identifying five of the victims killed in a subway train crash in Washington, D.C. Metro officials said at a special board meeting Tuesday that four passengers ranging in age from 23 to 64 were killed when a train barreling down the tracks hit a stopped train a day earlier.

June 23rd, 2009 DC Metro chief: First train stopped, second hit itWASHINGTON — The general manager of the Washington Metro says the two-train collision occurred when one train stopped at a platform near the Fort Totten station, and a second train hit it from behind. John Catoe told reporters Monday that for reasons we do not know the second train plowed into the back of that train.