Metro could return to pre-pandemic service levels during the spring after adding more trains to the system.
By early next month, transit customers should notice Metrorail wait times decrease significantly for the first time in more than a year,
“The return of the 7K fleet has been over a year in the making, and we thank our customers for their patience as we return the fleet into service,” Metro Chief Operating Officer Brian Dwyer said Thursday during a Metro board committee meeting. “Metro is looking forward to providing customers the rail service they deserve.
That contention sparked a public dispute between the agencies that resulted in the commission allowing Metro to add more cars. The commission also laid out steps Metro must take to get the entire series back on its tracks.Metro General Manager Randy Clarke said the first priority will be to deploy enough cars to service six stations south of Reagan National Airport that will reopen Sunday after a construction project. The following week, Metro will need to route more trains to the 11.
Green Line trains arrive more frequently, every eight minutes, because the line received the first batch of returning 7000-series trains, which carry eight cars instead of six.Despite increased train frequencies in the coming weeks, it won’t be until at least May that riders experience pre-pandemic wait intervals. At that time, the Yellow Line will reopen after an eight-month shutdown for repairs to a bridge and tunnel outside L’Enfant Plaza.
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