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Metro OT adds up: $187K for 2 months for 10 workers

One construction inspector made $32,090 in overtime in January and February.

Tags: Evan Haning , Metro , overtime

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Metro doors continue to open on wrong side

Metro stopped opening doors in automatic mode after a technical glitch that caused the doors to open on the wrong side was discovered.

Tags: Metro , Matt Bassett , Adam Tuss

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Metro 'near miss' uncovered

Metro calls it a communication breakdown. Its central command didn't tell track workers it rerouted trains before actually rerouting them.

Tags: Braddock Road , Metro , Blue Line , Yellow Line , Potomac Yard , King Street , Matt Bassett , Lisa Farbstein , Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport , John Moore , Adam Tuss , Colleen Kelleher

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Metro: No safety hazard in near-miss on Red Line

Metro says there was no safety hazard last week when a Red Line train operator hit the emergency brake because he felt he was getting too close to another train.

Tags: Metro , Red Line , Adam Tuss

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Metro oversight committee slams agency over near-miss

The panel that oversees Metro's safety has sent a sternly-written letter to the Richard Sarles, the transit agency's interim General Manager, expressing its concern over a near-miss this week on the Red line.

Tags: Metro , National Transportation Safety Board , Gabe Klein , Sean T. Connaughton , Beverly Swaim-Staley , Richard Sarles

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Near-miss not immediately investigated

One Metro train approached another too quickly Wednesday, but the transit agency didn't immediately investigate or report the near collision.

Tags: Metro , near collision , Adam Tuss , Wheaton , transit agency , subway , Richard Sarles , James Dougherty , Colleen Kelleher , Red Line

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Weekend Metro accident not reported

Metro did not notify the Tri-State Oversight Committee after Saturday night's accident.

Tags: Metro , accident , Red Line ,

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