[alarm rider]

The Red Line ends at Shady Grove, Rockville being the next to the last station going away from DC.

I ride the Red almost everyday to DC, then back again to Shady Grove. Today, I knew something was wrong, because the trains were holding at almost every station. Trains were crowded, but mostly we did not know what was going on until people started getting text messages.

I got calls from work, friends, family and neighbors making sure all was well.

IMO, and for what it's worth, this had to be a signal failure, or human error.

The moving train that hit the stopped train was going really fast. It had to be to end up on top of the stopped train. Messy. Very messy.

[ratzoe]

The Red Line ends at Shady Grove, Rockville being the next to the last station going away from DC. I ride the Red almost everyday to DC, then back again to Shady Grove. Today, I knew something was wrong, because the trains were holding at almost every station. Trains were crowded, but mostly we did not know what was going on until people started getting text messages. I got calls from work, friends, family and neighbors making sure all was well. IMO, and for what it's worth, this had to be a signal failure, or human error. The moving train that hit the stopped train was going really fast. It had to be to end up on top of the stopped train. Messy. Very messy.

Supposedly, the trains don't need operators, the computers handle them..So what was it? computer failure? or operator taking over the train from the computer? either way, it's a shame.