The project team replaced a variety of AC switchgear, rectifiers, transformers and negative switchboards in existing stations throughout the Metrorail system, all while maintaining full functionality of traction power substations.
D.C. area transit authority analysis of $2.8B Silver Line cites safety and other concerns that contractors and oversight agency have failed to address.
Washington, D.C.’s Metrorail was once a model for public transit in the U.S. On the eve of its 40th birthday, the system is rife with safety, operational and management problems.
