METRO RAIL ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
● What is a short section of third rail found just beyond some station platforms used to
ensure uniform train acceleration?. Answer: Accelerator rail (kicker rail)
● These rooms are found in all Metro stations, they receive electricity from the utility
company and distribute it for station and rail roadway use.. Answer: AC switchboard
room
● How often are chain marker signs displayed?. Answer: 100 feet
● What does a chain marker sign denote?. Answer: Distanced in feet form the hub
● How many collector shoes (paddles) are there per rail car?. Answer: 4
● What is it called when a train uses kinetic energy from train movement generating
current at the traction motors and it is then dissipated by the resistor grids?. Answer:
Dynamic braking
● Under what seats are the emergency evacuation kits located in every car?. Answer:
Right, rear, double sided seat
● What is the max distance to an emergency exit?. Answer: 1,250
● Blue light stations are located approximately how far from each other along the rail
roadway and from the station?. Answer: 800'
● What is a device that converts battery power to AC energy?. Answer: inverter
● What is the process called when moving a rail car away from the platform to free a
trapped victim?. Answer: lateral jacking
● Which series metrorail cars is, at a minimum, a four-car consist?. Answer: 7000
● What is the acronym for a battery-operated vehicle used for rail transportation of
emergency response or WMATA personnel and equipment?. Answer: MERV (mobile
emergency response vehicle)
, ● What is the name for the terminus for automatic train control information, trouble
alarms, and radio transmissions?. Answer: Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC)
● What is the procedure called of removing third rail power by physically disengaging
large circuit breakers in Traction Power Substations and/or Tie Breaker stations?.
Answer: Red Tag Third Rail Power Removal
● What is the name of steel rail that has been manufactured or welded in lengths of up
to one half mile or more which has a tendency to recoil to its designed position if
broken?. Answer: Ribbon rail
● Approximately how many volts are in the third rail used to power the trains?. Answer:
750 volts DC
● How many metro stations are there in Northern Virginia?. Answer: 25 Stations
● Which Metro line shares a common corridor with the CSXT Railroad?. Answer: Blue
line
● Which Metro line shares a common corridor with I66?. Answer: Orange line
● Which Metro rail car series are modified for revenue handling?. Answer: 8000 series
● What is the maximum number of rail cars in a consist?. Answer: 8 cars (4 pair)
● What is the maximum length of a station platform?. Answer: 600 feet
● What is the floor of a Metro rail car made of?. Answer: Two sheets of stainless steel with
¾-inch plywood and insulation in between
● How many door panels does each rail car have?. Answer: Doors numbered 2, 8, and 9
● Which doors can be opened from the outside with the use of the XX barrel key on the
Metro key ring?. Answer: Doors 2,8,9
● What size dry chemical extinguisher is on each rail camp?. Answer: 4A-60BC
extinguisher
● What are the three types of stations within the Metrorail system?. Answer: Aerial or
elevated, surface or at-grade, and subsurface or underground
● What are the different types of station platforms within the Metrorail system?.
Answer: Side-load platform center track, center load platform side-track, split platform multiple
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
● What is a short section of third rail found just beyond some station platforms used to
ensure uniform train acceleration?. Answer: Accelerator rail (kicker rail)
● These rooms are found in all Metro stations, they receive electricity from the utility
company and distribute it for station and rail roadway use.. Answer: AC switchboard
room
● How often are chain marker signs displayed?. Answer: 100 feet
● What does a chain marker sign denote?. Answer: Distanced in feet form the hub
● How many collector shoes (paddles) are there per rail car?. Answer: 4
● What is it called when a train uses kinetic energy from train movement generating
current at the traction motors and it is then dissipated by the resistor grids?. Answer:
Dynamic braking
● Under what seats are the emergency evacuation kits located in every car?. Answer:
Right, rear, double sided seat
● What is the max distance to an emergency exit?. Answer: 1,250
● Blue light stations are located approximately how far from each other along the rail
roadway and from the station?. Answer: 800'
● What is a device that converts battery power to AC energy?. Answer: inverter
● What is the process called when moving a rail car away from the platform to free a
trapped victim?. Answer: lateral jacking
● Which series metrorail cars is, at a minimum, a four-car consist?. Answer: 7000
● What is the acronym for a battery-operated vehicle used for rail transportation of
emergency response or WMATA personnel and equipment?. Answer: MERV (mobile
emergency response vehicle)
, ● What is the name for the terminus for automatic train control information, trouble
alarms, and radio transmissions?. Answer: Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC)
● What is the procedure called of removing third rail power by physically disengaging
large circuit breakers in Traction Power Substations and/or Tie Breaker stations?.
Answer: Red Tag Third Rail Power Removal
● What is the name of steel rail that has been manufactured or welded in lengths of up
to one half mile or more which has a tendency to recoil to its designed position if
broken?. Answer: Ribbon rail
● Approximately how many volts are in the third rail used to power the trains?. Answer:
750 volts DC
● How many metro stations are there in Northern Virginia?. Answer: 25 Stations
● Which Metro line shares a common corridor with the CSXT Railroad?. Answer: Blue
line
● Which Metro line shares a common corridor with I66?. Answer: Orange line
● Which Metro rail car series are modified for revenue handling?. Answer: 8000 series
● What is the maximum number of rail cars in a consist?. Answer: 8 cars (4 pair)
● What is the maximum length of a station platform?. Answer: 600 feet
● What is the floor of a Metro rail car made of?. Answer: Two sheets of stainless steel with
¾-inch plywood and insulation in between
● How many door panels does each rail car have?. Answer: Doors numbered 2, 8, and 9
● Which doors can be opened from the outside with the use of the XX barrel key on the
Metro key ring?. Answer: Doors 2,8,9
● What size dry chemical extinguisher is on each rail camp?. Answer: 4A-60BC
extinguisher
● What are the three types of stations within the Metrorail system?. Answer: Aerial or
elevated, surface or at-grade, and subsurface or underground
● What are the different types of station platforms within the Metrorail system?.
Answer: Side-load platform center track, center load platform side-track, split platform multiple
