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DC/MD/VA: Metro's early tests of automated trains are positive on Green and Yellow lines
The safety oversight panel monitoring Metro’s rail system said in the first 10 days of automated train operation on the Green and Yellow Lines, there have been significantly less station overruns than when the system was implemented earlier on the Red Line.
A Washington Metrorail Safety Commission engineer said that drop is partially due to better reductions in managing human error.
Safety commission engineer Paul Smith said in the first 10 days of automated train operation on the Green and Yellow lines there were 25 station overruns, compared with 40 overruns during the first 10 days the system was put into place on the Red Line, a more than 37% decrease.
“Some of the lessons learned during the activation of ATO on passenger service on the Red Line have been applied to the activation on the Green and Yellow lines and this seems to have had a positive impact,” Smith told the WMSC, which met virtually Tuesday. .................................(more)
https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2025/06/metros-early-tests-of-automated-trains-are-positive-on-green-and-yellow-lines/