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Entire Metrorail system to shut down Wednesday (Washington DC)
wtop.com ^
| 3/15/2016
| WTOP Staff
Posted on 03/15/2016 2:38:52 PM PDT by OwenKellogg
WASHINGTON Metrorail will shut down entirely for more than a day beginning at midnight Wednesday for safety checks, Metro has announced.
Metrorail will reopen at 5 a.m. Thursday. Metro General Management Paul Wiedefeld says that the 29 hours should be enough time to inspect 600 underground jumper cables that provide power to the energized third rail to run the trains.
There is no word yet of the closures impact on federal offices or its employees many of whom rely on Metro to get to work.
The Office of Personnel Management says it will provide an update later today. Virginia Railway Express will operate on a normal schedule Wednesday and Thursday. Montgomery Countys Ride On will run regular weekday service Wednesday but additional buses will be provided where possible. MARC Train will announce any service changes Tuesday evening.
TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dcmetro; failedgovernment; metro; tiredoflosing
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This is going to be a commuter disaster tomorrow!
To: OwenKellogg
Time for all non-essential government workers to stay home and again remind the public that there really are that many non-essential government workers that we blow tens of billions on each year.
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posted on
03/15/2016 2:40:24 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: OwenKellogg
Must have had a serious threat to do this without much notice.
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posted on
03/15/2016 2:40:43 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: OwenKellogg
Woo Hoo, that means the government will be shut down, can they make the outage last longer?
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posted on
03/15/2016 2:40:51 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: OwenKellogg
Too cool. Our masters will have to take their limos to work
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posted on
03/15/2016 2:41:25 PM PDT
by
stocksthatgoup
(GOPe/MSM - "When we want your opinion, we will give it to you.")
To: OwenKellogg
I don’t live anywhere near such a commuter situation, but wouldn’t it be better to close it down for such an inspection in several night operations rather than of over a day, and in the middle of the work week when people require the service?
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posted on
03/15/2016 2:42:02 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: DoughtyOne
That’s how I read it, too.
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posted on
03/15/2016 2:42:14 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: DoughtyOne
To: rockinqsranch
Methinks there’s more to this than just inspecting cables.
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posted on
03/15/2016 2:42:32 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: OwenKellogg
Washington DC cannot even administer to itself, much less try to control the rest of us. What better example?
To: LucyT
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posted on
03/15/2016 2:43:17 PM PDT
by
Velveeta
To: SaveFerris; easternsky
Ahh the wonders of diversity carried out to the extreme.
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posted on
03/15/2016 2:44:24 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: dfwgator
"Methinks theres more to this than just inspecting cables."
Ditto. This is much too dramatic and sweeping unless there is imminent danger.
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posted on
03/15/2016 2:44:37 PM PDT
by
Truth29
To: OwenKellogg
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posted on
03/15/2016 2:45:05 PM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: rockinqsranch
We don’t know the nature of the thread.
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posted on
03/15/2016 2:45:18 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: PghBaldy
Sounds like they received a threat but don't want to reveal.
I never heard of an entire transit system shut down in the middle of the workweek for "maintenance."
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posted on
03/15/2016 2:46:07 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Delegates So Far: Trump (478); Cruz (370); Little Marco (163)
To: DoughtyOne
Must have had a serious threat to do this without much notice.
^^^^^ This
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posted on
03/15/2016 2:46:13 PM PDT
by
VTenigma
(The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
To: OwenKellogg
Something more than checking the cables is going on here. (Tinfoil hat firmly on)
To: OwenKellogg
And they couldn’t do this on a holiday weekend, why?
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posted on
03/15/2016 2:48:33 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: DoughtyOne
When the boy and McCain were running they were informed of threats to the Country, maybe that was after the primaries.
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