4000 series cars pulled from service

[@DeryaBaygan-Robinett]

this just shows that the 3000 series was the most reliable class in the DC metro rolling stock

[@hostilepancakes]

That's Grosvenor-Strathmore station, not Medical Center!

[@tkefan29]

And you think the news media cares?

[@Bombardier2199]

This is exactly the reason 4K Series is retired

[@CaseysTrains]

That and the cost to rebuild them into 7000 Series Specifications as originally planned skyrocketed.

[@arielgonzalez5296]

In years ahead, it will be replace with 8000 series.

[@ItsWAWGaming]

My dad was on that very car that day and he was onboard when that clip of the door open was taken, He said we got a nice breeze and tunnel smell XD.

[@sonicboy678]

Those cars were built in the few years before I was born. I never got to ride them, though it's hard not to see why. That is incredibly dangerous, and something I'd expect to see on much older stock, but the fact that they've been so problematic for so long was definitely what kept them from possibly being rebuilt.

[@BJMediaTransit8516]

Sadly the 4K series is now gone.

[@xmanhen3800]

It Was A Least Reliable Rail Car

[@trainnadimamtrakthomasalle9037]

Well yes the 4000 series but why the 1000 series

[@Vxllain]

Nadim Allen The 1k series is from the 70’s, sadly they had to retire

[@TheRailLeaguer]

iiShortz Not to mention that the 1000 series cars were not crashworthy, as shown by the 2009 crash at Fort Totten.

[@Vxllain]

JeremiahC99 oh yeah, that telescoping

[@ItsWAWGaming]

Whats shocking is that on the 4k retiring video by metroforward they show a bar graph of railcar miles traveled between delays, THE 1KS IN 2016 EXCEEDED THE 2K/3K BY LIKE 4K MILES! They could haul serious ass. The 1ks they werent in-reliable, it was just their time.

[@Robloxguy3999]

​@JeremiahC99 Yeah I saw I photo of it