Metro News Release
For immediate release: August 12, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY: Metro Interim General Manager/CEO to provide update on Aug. 6 derailment at 4:00 p.m. today
Metro Interim General Manager and CEO Jack Requa will provide an update on the investigation into last week’s derailment of a non-passenger train outside Smithsonian Station. The briefing will be held TODAY at 4:00 p.m. at Metro headquarters and is open to all media.
On Thursday, Aug. 6, the derailment caused a major service disruption for Blue, Orange and Silver lines between McPherson Square and Federal Center SW stations while Metro crews removed the train and made repairs outside Smithsonian Station.
| WHAT: | Update on Aug. 6 non-passenger train derailment investigation |
| WHERE: | Metro Headquarters |
| WHEN: | Wednesday, August 12 at 4:00 p.m. |
| WHO: | Jack Requa – Metro Interim General Manager and CEO |
News release issued at 2:24 pm, August 12, 2015.