On Saturday, April 19, and Sunday, April 20, Metro will shut down Red Line service between Rhode Island Ave. and Takoma stations to replace important track equipment. This means: Instead, free shuttle ...

Getting to that point would cost billions of dollars, but Metro says it would also make the system cheaper to run in the long ...

The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC), which oversees Metro, said the Red Line trains have been blowing past where they’re supposed to stop. Metro got approval to use automatic train ...

WMATA wants to bring automated trains back to the entire system, but after a trial run on the red line, the safety watchdog is pushing back. Metro activated automated train operation or ATO on the red ...

“Based on these continuing overruns, just on the Red Line, Metrorail’s automated train control can not be relied upon to make station stops at fixed locations, which is the purpose of ATO.

Since Metro began using what’s called Automatic Train Operation (ATO) on the Red Line on Dec.15 of last year, the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) said as of Monday, trains had gone ...

Metro planned to bring faster, smoother automated trains to the system’s Green Line this weekend. But the agency is being blocked by its safety watchdog, which said the rail system cannot expand ...

WASHINGTON — A Metro Red Line train came feet away from colliding head-on with another train after traveling in the wrong direction last summer, according to the Washington Metro Safety Commission.

Metro’s Red Line has been running automated train service for the last several months, and now the transit agency is planning to double down on automation in the coming years.

Metro is encouraging passengers to give themselves extra time when using the train this weekend, due to track work along the ...