The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority now doesn’t anticipate full...
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority now doesn’t anticipate full wireless coverage of the Washington, D.C., Metro system until December 2015. That’s more than two years later than planned, General Manager Richard Sarles wrote Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Sens.…
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Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Susan Collins, R-Maine (http://xrl.us/bnuqhk). Metrorail’s coverage is provided by Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile and is required by Section 601 of the Division of the Passenger Rail lnvestment and Improvement Act of 2008, Sarles said. “The carriers have completed installation of infrastructure at all but three stations, and wireless service at remaining stations will be available once the carriers complete their testing process.” But “significant work” remains, he said Tuesday. Major obstacles are the 2009 rail deaths at the authority’s Fort Totten, Md., station and aftermath and that this telecom ambition “required significantly more time then any of the parties envisioned” when begun in 2008, he said. The wireless coverage deadline had been extended to March 27, 2013, Sarles said. He cited challenges of equipment, employee training and the limited hours during which his workers can operate in the Metro tunnels.