National Transportation Safety Board Railroad Special Investigation Report: Maryland Transit Administration Light Rail Vehicle Accidents at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport Transit Station Near Baltimore, Maryland, February 13 and August 15,2000.

摘要

In 2000, the Maryland Transit Administration experienced two similar accidents in the same location just 6 months apart. Both accidents involved the failure of a light rail vehicle train to stop at the designated stopping point at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport Light Rail Station (BWI Airport Station). The Safety Board's investigation of the two accidents indicated that, although the direct cause of each accident was different, aspects of the Maryland Transit Administration rail transit operation common to two accidents influenced both their outcomes. The first accident occurred about 2:37 p.m. on February 13, 2000, when Maryland Transit Administration train 24, en route from Baltimore to the BWI Airport, struck the hydraulic bumping post at the terminus of track No. 1 at the BWI Airport Station and derailed. The second accident occurred about 7:14 a.m. on August 15, 2000, when Maryland Transit Administration train 22, en route from Baltimore to the BWI Airport, struck the hydraulic bumping post at the terminus of track No. 2 at the BWI Airport Station and derailed.