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Metro riders can expect the current level of limited rail service to continue for three more months after the transit agency’s top official said Thursday that Metro wants to focus on finding the ...
Traffic backups began in the early morning hours as the first stage of restoration work begins on the Ship Canal Bridge.
WASHINGTON — Reports of a person on the tracks at Metro Center have caused delays for people trying to commute home on Tuesday evening. According to a post on X by the official Metro Rail account, ...
Metro is proposing a return to automatic train operation, which it has not used since a deadly 2009 accident on the Red Line that killed nine people.
Planned work has led to shuttles replacing the metro rail service over the weekend for parts of the ... a.m. on Saturday and from 6 a.m. to midnight on Sunday, according to the Washington Metropolitan ...
A new audit finds Metrorail does a pretty good monitoring itself on safety, but does have several areas where it needs to improve.
After numerous delays the Washington Metro has announced the official opening of the Silver Line rail extension to Dulles Airport.
The Washington, D.C., Metro system has begun decorating rail cars with American flag decals. This comes as the capital city expects an influx of traffic, with President Donald Trump issuing an ...
With a 10% increase in ridership during the first half of fiscal year 2025, Metro is set to exceed 1 million daily passengers across its rail and bus networks.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced that its long-awaited rail line connecting Virginia’s Dulles Airport with downtown Washington, D.C. is ready to open. But ...
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced Thursday that the agency has purchased hundreds of new 8000-series railcars that are expected to be delivered in the coming years.
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