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elleng

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13. 'The Washington Metro, commonly called Metro and branded Metrorail,[5] is the rapid transit system

Reply to HassleCat (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 02:33 AM

Mar 2016

serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates Metrobus service under the Metro name.[6] Besides the District, Metro serves several jurisdictions in Maryland and Virginia. In Maryland, Metro provides service to Montgomery and Prince George's counties; in Virginia, to Fairfax and Arlington counties and the independent city of Alexandria. The system is currently being expanded into Loudoun County, Virginia. The Metro service area is largely coextensive with the inner ring of the Washington metropolitan area. Opened in 1976, the network now includes six lines, 91 stations, and 117 miles (188 km) of route.'

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OK, so after 2 major fires and one fatality, they shut the DC Metro down for inspection today [View all] Warpy Mar 2016 OP

The owners of this country have decided that no money will be SamKnause Mar 2016 #1

Great post. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #10

Thank you. SamKnause Mar 2016 #11

Actually, our tax money is to go to them directly with no actual reason needed. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #14

Yeah, it's good Metro is taking safety seriously. Nitram Mar 2016 #2

And how many people can die in those couple of days passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #3

Porcupine, be a little more open-mined when you listen, okay? I'm not a mass murderer. Nitram Mar 2016 #4

Yes they could have acted sooner...but they didn't passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #6

It's not like this problem suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Nitram Mar 2016 #15

The Senate doesn't have to take the DC Metro. They don't care if people burn up in a fire zebonaut Mar 2016 #5

Metro reflects the DC government in general. HassleCat Mar 2016 #7

'The Washington Metro, commonly called Metro and branded Metrorail,[5] is the rapid transit system elleng Mar 2016 #13

Maybe a Koch brothers hit job ErikJ Mar 2016 #8

Damn! Well, least they're paying closer attention now. nt kjones Mar 2016 #9

Pizza rat need to floss his teeth? WTF? Rex Mar 2016 #12