Washington, D.C
‘Communication outage’ knocks out MARC trains between Maryland and DC for several hours
The Maryland Transit Administration introduced Friday morning that service on Maryland Space Rail Commuter trains had resumed after an hourslong suspension.
The prepare service suspension was introduced by the MTA at about 6 a.m., with greater than 20 trains being canceled on account of the outage.
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“As a consequence of a system large outage all service has been non permanent suspended. No estimated time for restoration of service. Technicians are working to revive service,” MTA tweeted Friday.
At 9:43 a.m., the MTA announced service had been restored with the “system large communication outage” having been restored and the system being run on a diminished schedule.
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MTA Administrator Holly Arnold said the communications outage was associated to the Optimistic Practice Management system, which prevents trains from colliding, derailing at velocity, and getting into work zones, amongst different issues.
The MARC system connects varied cities in Maryland with Washington, D.C., and West Virginia.
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The system outage for MARC trains comes per week after the FAA needed to floor flights nationwide attributable to an outage to the NOTAM system, which relays essential messages to pilots.