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 ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

Metro is planning a major change to how trains are operated in the D.C. area. The agency says it’s ready to use its automatic, computer-controlled train operation system for the first time in 15 years ...

This video is no longer available. Monday was the first big commuter day where riders hopped aboard fully automated trains on Metro’s Red Line. As they went about their busy morning with heads down ...

The safety oversight panel monitoring Metro’s rail system said in the first 10 days of automated train operation on the Green and Yellow Lines, there have been significantly less station overruns than ...

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 (DC News Now) — The way some people ride Metrorail will change on Dec. 15, the first day Red Line service returns to automatic train operations (ATO). “Yup, I think it’s really exciting,” ...

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.

JTA asks public to sound off on Skyway options including demolition or conversion for modernized train, for shuttles or as a ...