On Thursday the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board took the next steps toward full automation on Metro ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Relying on automation is bad long-term rail strategy, union contends. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) WASHINGTON — Labor and ...

WMATA Board of Directors is scheduled to vote on a proposed budget that would allocate more than $900 million toward ...

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will expand automated train service to the Blue, Orange and Silver Lines Sunday, achieving full automation of the rail service for the first time ...

WASHINGTON — In a move to enhance safety and efficiency across the Washington Metro system, officials are considering installing platform screen doors (PSDs) at train platforms. This is part of a ...

WASHINGTON — The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s board of directors on Thursday (April 23) approved a plan to fully automate the DC Metrorail Red Line, at a cost of more than $900 ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The commission that has federally granted oversight of Metrorail on safety said Tuesday afternoon it is still not ready to allow Metro to expand its use of automated trains.

WASHINGTON — Metro wants to try automatic train operation again, and soon. By this December, it hopes to automate the Red Line. Automatic train operation was halted 15 years ago after the deadliest ...

Rail fuel surcharges are a moving target. They are constantly changing, wildly inconsistent across carriers, and often buried in websites or PDFs that require extra effort to decode. Keeping up with ...