Saturday, May 16, 2009

Austin's Capital MetroRail Enters Final Phase

From KEYE, May 13, 2009...

Capital Metro says it is committed to opening the new MetroRail when it is ready, though there is no set date as to when it will be released.

The Capital MetroRail has been making progress in the last two months according to their spokesperson. 

Executive President and Chief of Development for Capital Metro Doug Allen says “We are able to start the final phase of the process, which is the training and certification of the operators.”

The original release date was March 30, but due to incidents in February where two Veolia rail supervisors operating MetroRail trains entered a section of track without prior authorization during system testing, the date was postponed. 


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