WMATA’s Rail Fleet Creating the “perfect railcar. ” WMATA needed to acquire new railcars because of the Metrorail Silver Line Phase I expansion through Tysons Corner to Reston, VA, and the Phase II expansion to Washington Dulles International Airport. In addition, WMATA needed to urgently replace aging earlier series railcars, many of which have been in revenue service for more than 40 years. Much of the older railcar fleet would be incompatible with technology and safety advances of the new 7000-series cars, dictating that longstanding interoperability standards be redeveloped as part of the procurement. With new railcars, WMATA faced the challenge of introducing new technologies to WMATA Engineering, Transit Operations, and Maintenance staff. Our Continued Commitment This was the seventh

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