I’ll bet you haven’t seen this destination on Metro trains before:
Yeah, Twinbrook. This was on the side of CAF 5071, as well as 5070, its mate. The other four cars on this six-car train displayed the proper destination: Glenmont. It was kind of odd to see the two cars showing the wrong destination, especially when we were traveling away from Twinbrook. We were on the Glenmont track, near Glenmont station, and Twinbrook is two stations from Shady Grove, at the other end of the line.
Go figure. Of course, this would not make the first time I’ve seen train cars display the wrong destination. And interestingly enough, it’s always the trains with the newer LED signs that do it. The Rohrs and Bredas with flip-dot signs don’t do this. I’ve seen the CAF and Breda rehab side signs say Red, Yellow (movie), Blue Line to Glenmont (no photo), Union Station on an Orange Line train, and, most surprisingly, a CAF was showing the green stripe, and “DOOR OPEN SIDE”. It went blank and changed to the correct message (Green to Branch Avenue) before I could get a photo.
But yeah, Red Line to Twinbrook on a Glenmont-bound train. Go figure. I’m sure Metro will work the bugs out eventually, but for right now, it’s pretty funny to see.