One ten car train to rule them all

It would appear one Metro employee was experimenting with train cars (among other things) a little too much.

A Metro employee tested positive for drugs as part of an investigation into why a Green Line train that passed through five stations in late July was put together with too many cars to fit on station platforms, The Examiner has learned.

The 10-car train, which left Greenbelt at 4:50 p.m. July 31, was south of Fort Totten about 20 minutes later when the operator was told by a passenger via the intercom that there were two additional cars at the back of the train, said Metro spokesman Steven Taubenkibel. Metro’s platforms were designed to handle nothing longer than eight-car trains.

Well knowing that only eight cars are supported answers one question I had about the system. But it seems that this summer has become a nightmare for WMATA.