My pleasure! (It looks like I have some work to do when I get home as to why it hasn't come back up yet...)

Now you get to take the G to the R and transfer to the S, I guess? Tho not the 42nd Street Shuttle.

Best guess for that is because that's what the PIDS use/show for in-station train tracking.

(The two-letter line designations date back to 2012 when Rush+ was introduced.)

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The comms folks that Sarah Meyer brought from NYCT are bringing their ideas to DC.

Bottom line of the slide says they're working on it with Montgomery but nothing is finalized on that front yet

It would've been back by ~4am

FYI, friends using MetroAlerts - because of the bus network redesign, any bus alerts you previously were signed up for *no longer will alert you*. You need to go back to https://wmata.com/service/status/metroalerts.cfm and sign back up.

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Almost the opposite; in-service buses on runs lost real-time tracking, headsigns, and audio announcements during the transition at midnight.

The source of the hydraulic fluid spill (detected from Mt. Vernon Sq to Fort Totten and also on the Red Line from Fort Totten to Brentwood Yard) is PM63, the broken-down track unit which #WMATA reported was @ Southern Ave. The unit was towed to Branch Ave rail yard.

At approximately 4am, #WMATA track crews began responding to a hydraulic fluid spill which was originally identified around Mt. Vernon Sq (YL/GR) on the southbound tracks. Crews walked the tracks and found fluid on the left rail from Gallery Pl up to Columbia Heights.

At system open (5a), GR/YL […]

#WMATA has a tweet here, but doesn't mention the Yellow/Green line impact.

GR/Greenbelt train 523 is now offloading @ College Park. Train 525 holding behind will be single-tracking to Greenbelt via the opposite track.

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Happy #ato restoration day on the Red Line, #WMATA. Most trains should be driven automatically, though some will remain human-driven.

#WMATA is restoring Automatic Train Operation (ATO) on the Red Line on Sunday, FWIW.