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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 9:41 am
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Originally Posted by chtiet
Not a smooth ride at all, unlike BART. I often (jokingly) think that DC drivers should take classes from BART drivers, since it seems that the systems are technologically similar....
BART "drivers" generally close the doors, and not much else. Only in case of emergency, or right after an earthquake (low speed for visual track inspection by the operator until the next station), are the trains manually operated.
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