WASHINGTON — When you step on a Metro train, the trains operator has complete control of the ride -- from stopping and starting the train, to doors opening on the right. After more than a decade, ...

Metro CEO Randy Clarke says the plan would enhance capacity and provide a higher level of reliability and safety.

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

Siemens Rail Automation announced on August 8, 2014 that it will combine and expand its manufacturing and engineering operations at a new facility in the Pittsburgh area “to help meet growing demand ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Federal Railroad Administration on March 29 issued an RFI (Request For Information) on “the future of automation in the railroad industry.” “Secretary Chao is placing considerable emphasis on ...