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90 Percent Availability Reported For Bethesda Escalators
Bethesda Metro escalators in service more often than the system-wide average, the Washington Examiner reports.
The escalators at the Bethesda Metro station were in service more often than four other Metro stations with the system’s longest escalators between October and March, according to agency statistics analyzed by The Washington Examiner.
Metro has increasingtly drawn fire from advocates and community leaders for downtime at the Bethesda escalators, which will
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But the escalators at Bethesda, which at 212 feet are the second longest in the Metro system, were in service 90 percent of the time in the six-month period, the Examiner reported. That’s compared to 67 percent availability at Wheaton, 83 percent at Rosslyn, 87 percent at Medical Center and 89 percent at Woodley Park, according to The Examiner.
The Bethesda escalators' service was also better than the system-wide average of 88.9 percent, The Examiner reported.
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