Metro Transit Police and Fairfax County will conduct a full-scale response drill Sunday, June 26, at the Greensboro Metrorail Station that will allow emergency personnel to practice the evacuation of a train during a simulated smoke and fire incident.
The exercise, which will take place inside the tunnel between Greensboro and Tysons Corner stations, will simulate real-world conditions to test coordination and communication between on-scene responders, Metrorail operations staff, Metro Transit Police and support personnel.
Metrobus operations staff will also use this drill as an opportunity to activate and test an agreement with Fairfax County to provide shuttle bus service via Fairfax Connector between Greensboro and Spring Hill stations.
The exercise will begin at 8:30 a.m. and is expected to conclude no later than 11 a.m. In addition to Metro Transit Police and Metrorail operations personnel, Fairfax County Fire, Fairfax County Police, Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation, Virginia Department of Transportation and Virginia State Police also will participate in the event. More than 100 emergency responders and volunteers are expected to participate.
Metro conducts quarterly drills with emergency responders throughout the region.
Customer Information
- Free shuttle buses will replace Silver Line trains between Greensboro and Spring Hill stations Sunday until approximately 2 p.m.
- Greensboro Station will be closed to the public from 7 a.m. until approximately 2 p.m. Metro will notify customers when the station reopens via email, text message and social media. To receive notification, sign up for MetroAlerts.
- Regular route Metrobus service will operate normally.
- Members of the public in the area of Greensboro Station may notice a large number of emergency vehicles on site. Please be assured that this is only a drill.
