Metro memo shows $12 million lost from destroyed rail cars and $3 million spent on shuttle buses.
The hearings exposed glaring safety shortcomings in the years, months and days before the Red Line collision that killed a train driver and 8 passengers outside the Ft. Totten station.
The documents also point to degraded communications wiring and flooded conditions around some electrical boxes near the scene of the collision.
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Family members are reacting as a federal hearing on the fatal June Metro train crash begins.
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Some Metro Board Members want more details, in public, on causes of accidents.
Metro is bringing a former general manager back to assess the transit system's problems and how to fix them.
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