Washington state of good repair maintenance program

Project Background WMATA State of Good Repair maintenance program The Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA or Metro) operates the second largest subway/metro system () Client in the United States, sixth largest bus network and fifth largest paratransit Washington Area service in the United States. The system currently covers over 1,500 square Metropolitan Transit Authority miles and serves approximately 4 million people in the region.

Location The Metrorail system is a 118-mile network of six lines and 91 stations. It Washington began operations in 1976 and the last leg of the system, one that will link Start Date Washington Dulles Airport to downtown, is currently under construction April 2016 and scheduled to carry its first revenue passengers in 2020.

End Date Metro’s greatest challenge is the spiralling deferred maintenance needs December 2017 of its 40+ year-old asset base that causes daily system failures and major commuter delays. These performance and reliability issues have resulted Duration in a 14% decline in ridership over the past year. Organizational and 21 months operational challenges include the absence of programs and procedures Services Provided that will address the maintenance backlog and move the system to a State Introduction of good asset of Good Repair (SGR). management fundamentals for work bank optimzation, risk based There is also an overarching need to develop and implement access maintenance, track time allocation planning that would help prioritize the various elements of achieving SGR, and inspection team analysis including a comprehensive Asset Management program. Implementing simple best practices would help improve both the overall safety culture as well as increase the productivity and efficiency of the workforce.

For more information please visit www.networkrailconsulting.com Scope of Works Network Rail Consulting’s remit is Track inspection team analysis: Risk based maintenance: to deliver tasks that directly support NRC reviewed the track inspection Metrorail and NRC have also the implementation of best practice processes to determine areas discussed developing a Risk principles and is working with Metrorail of improvement, including Based Maintenance program for in three areas. sufficient deployment of resources, maintenance of way. application of standards, and NRC is continuing to partner with Metro adherence to an established to develop solutions to many issues inspection regime. Key Project Outputs that are currently impacting service Work bank prioritization: quality and organisational efficiency. Maintenance track time allocation: NRC is currently assisting Metrorail This is enabling increased service NRC reviewed the maintenance to prepare a work plan that will reliability and bringing lost ridership windows provided to maintenance provide a schedule for working back to WMATA. teams assessing whether track through its current backlog of time is adequate to perform daily maintenance projects. NRC is also maintenance and if the work is tasked with developing solutions to efficiently planned and productive. address stray current voltage and a testing regime for power cables to assure the integrity of the cable system.

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