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WMATA suspends Automatic Train Operation systemwide after Fort Totten crash

S5 · 06/2009 · WMATA

Record

CompanyWMATA
Categoryother
Typeregulatory
Date06/2009
Time of daynot documented
Locationno physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
SeverityS5 (fatality or catastrophic loss)
Scalefleet-wide, ~15 years
Confidencehigh
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceRailway Age

What happened

Following the fatal Fort Totten collision, WMATA turned off Automatic Train Operation (ATO) across the entire Metrorail system; ATO remained disabled for roughly 15 years until partial reactivation in December 2024.

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