According to Metro, dozens of trains per day have been without functioning emergency intercoms for a lengthy period. The problem exists with trains that have 6000-series rail cars in the lead.

General Manager Richard Sarles announced some Metro train operators had been disabling the emergency intercom systems on some trains. Earlier this year, Metro officials acknowledged they have ...

Inspectors also found that Metro used an emergency rail operations channel that is ... ETS arebasically phone boxes every 800 feet along the system routes that have phones and a button to energize ...

Some tips include: Evacuating a train – in most cases wait for a metro employee’s assistance. But Metro says if a situation is life-threatening: Lift the emergency door release, pull down the ...

In many parts of the densely populated D.C. region, there are options for a displaced rail rider. Metro has posted “Emergency Evacuation” maps in station mezzanines that show the nearby area ...