Metro’s 10-month SafeTrack maintenance plan may become even more extensive as officials weigh the possibility of adding weekend shutdowns or postponing the program’s conclusion as the agency continues its investigation and performs inspections in the aftermath of last month’s derailment at East Falls Church.
Metro General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld said Wednesday that the agency has already taken significant steps toward revamping the track maintenance protocols that failed to prevent the July 29 derailment of a Silver Line train, but also acknowledged that it had been a mistake to keep the section of track where the crash occurred open so that SafeTrack work could continue.
