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On the first day of Metro’s Red Line switching to an automatic train operation system, there were a few instances where trains have overrun stations. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

On the first day of Metro’s Red Line switching to an automatic train operation (ATO) system, there were a few instances where trains have overrun stations, a Metro spokesperson said. The Metro spokesperson said there are no impacts to Red Line service and that the ATO system was “performing well with only minor, first-day adjustments.” Metro is monitoring and...

Automatic train operations, contactless payment, increased train services and more changes are coming to Metro. Here’s a look at the proposed 2025 budget and this weekend’s return to computerized trains.

This weekend is a historic one for Metro, which just got the green light to return to automation mode. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

The closures will be in effect Dec. 20-30. Service should be back to normal on the last day of the year.

We’re just over a week away from several downtown D.C. Metro stations closing during the final weeks of 2024. Service should be back to normal Dec. 31. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

When Metro Transit Police Lt. Tomika Holmes found out hundreds of the agency’s uniforms were about to be tossed, she spoke up to see if they could be donated. Now, they’re headed to a department in need in Angola. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

For the first time in 15 years, a computer instead of a human will be the primary controller of riders’ Metro trains. The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) — which oversees and enforces safety practices on the D.C. area’s Metrorail system — gave Metro the final approval to switch to an automatic train operation (ATO) system at a meeting Tuesday….

The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission gave Metro the final approval to switch to an automatic train operation system. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss explains what this means for riders.

Police say a suspect was seriously hurt in an officer-involved shooting just after 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Rosslyn Metro station in Northern Virginia. He was taken to a hospital. Before going to the Metro station, the suspect went to a Safeway on Wilson Boulevard just before 4 p.m., witnesses said. He wanted food but did not want to pay…

Police say a suspect was seriously hurt in an officer-involved shooting Tuesday afternoon at the Rosslyn Metro station in Northern Virginia. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A Metro rider fell down onto a train station platform Saturday afternoon while trying to get over a fare gate on the upper level of the McPherson Square station.

A Metro rider is recovering from serious injuries after trying to climb over a faregate, and then falling down to the platform below. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

Metro has begun its effort to enforce bus fares. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss reports.

Metro plans to return to automatic train operation (ATO) for the first time in 15 years by the end of the year, which the transit agency says will offer a smoother, quicker ride. No Metro customer has ridden a train in ATO since 2009, when the transit agency turned it off following the horrific Red Line crash that killed nine…

Metro could make a huge switch in the next couple of weeks that could have computers controlling trains instead of humans. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss explains what that means for riders.

A group of students attacked three juveniles on a Metro platform earlier this month. Tawanna Jones Chapman, the great aunt of the victims, said it started as a feud between her niece and another girl and escalated at the Benning Road station Nov. 15. “A young lady who was arrested somehow orchestrated 30 students at one location at one time,…

Video shows a group of students beating up three other kids on a Metro platform, their great aunt told Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss.

WMATA has been getting tough on fare evasion on the rails for some time now, but the transit agency says it is now turning its attention to its buses.

A major fare enforcement campaign is about to ramp up on Metrobus. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss has details.