NTSB -- FIFTH UPDATE: NTSB RELEASES TRACK BACK TO WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

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NTSB ADVISORY

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

July 31, 2009

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FIFTH UPDATE: NTSB RELEASES TRACK BACK TO

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

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The National Transportation Safety Board today released the site of the Ft.

Totten accident back to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit

Authority (WMATA). The site, located on the Red Line between Ft.

Totten and Takoma stations in Washington, D.C., was the scene of the

fatal collision of two WMATA trains on June 22, 2009.

The NTSB's Signal and Train Control Group has completed its

examination and testing of train control equipment at the scene of the

accident. Therefore, the accident site, including the track, has been

released back to WMATA.

As part of the ongoing investigation, the NTSB is continuing to examine

components from the train control system in WMATA's laboratory facility

in Landover, Maryland, and at WMATA's Operations Control Center.

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Bridget Ann Serchak

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