U.S. Congress to scrutinize Washington subway system after derailment

A U.S. congressional panel, calling Washington's rail and bus network essential to the functioning of the federal government, holds a hearing on Wednesday in the face of an October train derailment and other challenges.

Last month, the subway system that serves the District of Columbia and parts of Virginia and Maryland said it planned to delay for another 90 days the return of trains like the one that derailed.

The NTSB has said the system had been aware of wheel assembly issues since 2017. In December, a group of U.S. senators also asked WMATA about the issue. Testifying before the House of Representatives Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations will be WMATA general manager Paul Wiedefeld, board chair Paul Smedberg and David Mayer, CEO of the Metro safety commission.

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