DC Metro Red Line - Glenmont - Shady Grove | WMATA

[@JavanHamiltonTV]

As of December 15, 2024, the Red Line has returned to automatic train operations (ATO) for the first time since the Fort Totten crash of 2009.

[@cubs197]

Great video man, I visited DC last year and I rode this line everyday and think about it from time to time. Love the bits of trivia you gave and the map of the train moving on the line in the corner.

[@JavanHamiltonTV]

Thanks for watching. 🙏🏾

[@dfw_railfanner]

I’m gonna miss this door chime when the 2000s and 3000s get replaced 😢

[@JavanHamiltonTV]

The 6000s will still have it. :) With all this AI stuff, it'll be cool if they brought her voice back for the 8000s.

[@tommybrown2182]

Hey I’ve been having a question but I don’t know where to search for a answer so I’ll ask you how fast is the dc metro and what line moves the fastest and between what stations does this speed occur

[@JavanHamiltonTV]

Thank you. The Metro trains are designed to go as fast as 75 mph, but for a number of reasons (probably dealing with the tracks and equipment), they're only allowed top speeds of around 60 mph. No particular line moves the *fastest* because it all depends on the spacing of the stops. With that said, stations tend to be more spaced out on the Green Line, because those are the suburbs north and south of DC. So the Green Line north and south of DC, as well as the Blue and Silver Lines east of DC (in Maryland) will give you the longest stretches with the fastest speeds.

[@tommybrown2182]

@@JavanHamiltonTV thank you for answering my question

[@Reallynow101]

Green line moves the fastest between Greenbelt - Georgia Ave and Branch to Anacostia (65mph).

[@MichaelPence-fv3zp]

Yo Javan I have a question for you how do you do the switch from the window view and then switch to the rear view when you make your videos on the dc metro

[@JavanHamiltonTV]

I rode each line twice (three times, in the case of the Orange Line), capturing the main view in the first take and the rear view in the second take, then carefully editing them together. Each line took between 3 and 6 hours to film.

[@MichaelPence-fv3zp]

So do you have to go back and forth

[@MichaelPence-fv3zp]

@@JavanHamiltonTV how do you also create those really cool thumbnails for your videos? They look really cool how do I do it?

[@JavanHamiltonTV]

Yes, I did have to go back and forth. I created my thumbnails in After Effects.