Automated trains have been running on Metro’s Red Line for the past few months. But a safety organization that oversees the D.C. transit agency’s operations is against expanding automation to other ...

Self-driving cars are perennially just a few years away. The same seems to be true for the return of automated trains in Washington, D.C. After over a decade of false starts, the Washington ...

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 ...

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. Officials with the ...

News4 was first to tell you about Metro’s plans to finalize the return of automatic operations of its trains. But a day later, the transit agency’s safety watchdog, the Washington Metrorail Safety ...

If you’ve ever cursed your jerky Metro train as it comes into a station, take comfort in the fact that those days may soon be over. Metro is seeking to return its Red Line trains to automatic ...