Metro
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Man texting while walking falls on Metro tracks, rescued from oncoming train
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A man who was texting while walking tumbled off a platform onto the tracks at the Pentagon City Metro station. As lights from an oncoming train filled the tunnel, an Annandale woman and her father pulled the man to safety with only seconds to spare.
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Metro Silver Line to bring changes to buses as well
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With the first part of Metro’s Silver Line set to open later this year, there will also be big changes for Metro buses.
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Metro train strikes man in Rosslyn
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Normal service has resumed on the Orange and Blue lines after a man intentionally put himself in the path of a train in Rosslyn Sunday morning.
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Metrobus crash leaves 15 injured in Southeast D.C.
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Fifteen people were injured Saturday afternoon when a Metrobus and a minivan collided in the 2700 block of Martin Luther King Jr Ave. SE. D.C. police cited the driver of the minivan with "improper lane change," a WMATA spokesperson says.
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Metrorail operator caught on camera looking at cell phone
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A Metrorail operator is caught on camera, apparently using a cell phone behind the controls.
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Metro to upgrade stations
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Metro will pour $10 million into redesigning its Bethesda station, adding more lighting and steel to the busy hub as a possible prototype for other stops in the system.
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Dunn Loring Merrifield Metro parking nightmare because of construction
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If you know the Dunn Loring Merrifield Metro station, you know how frustrating the parking situation can be.
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Metro expects huge crowds Wednesday
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There has been a whole lot going on around Washington, and that means Metro and area roads were more crowded than usual.
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Silver Line to cause more Blue Line wait times, report says
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According to data that will be presented to the Metro board later this week, the Examiner says that added congestion in the Rosslyn tunnel due to the Silver Line will increase wait times on the Blue Line even more.
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Metro to spend $215 million to replace rail cars
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Metro is spending millions of dollars to replace rail cars that were breaking down constantly.
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Metro Transit Police seeks to improve emergency response times
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In the wake of another incident on a Metro train last week that was caught on camera, the agency says it is trying to improve response times to scenes of crimes, the Washington Examiner reports.
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Metro train derails on Red Line
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An out-of-service Red Line train derailed Saturday between the NoMa-Gallaudet U and Rhode Island Avenue stations, The Washington Post reports.
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Only on 7: Woman records attack on Metro
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A disturbing Metro ride is caught on camera and ends with a man attacking a woman who was recording a hate-filled argument between passengers.
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Arlington, Metro to study bus stop's $1M price tag
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Metro is teaming up with Arlington County to review how a new bus stop on Columbia Pike came to cost $1 million.
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Metro surveillance cameras: Metro to add more than 4,000 cameras
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Metro plans to add surveillance cameras to its rail cars for the first time and is spending millions of dollars to triple the number of surveillance cameras monitoring its stations and parking garages.
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Woman slashed on U8 Metrobus, suspect flees on foot
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Metro officials say two women got into a verbal altercation on a bus Saturday morning in southeast Washington. The incident escalated into a physical fight, and one woman slashed the other on the forehead.
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Builder blames Montgomery county for transit hub
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Bryant Foulger, a principal of the Foulger-Pratt Companies, says the county provided incomplete designs and inadequate oversight for building the $112 million bus-and-rail hub.
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Metro looking at temporary fix to avert Silver Line opening delay
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Metro officials say they are looking at temporary solutions to problems at a rail yard that are threatening to delay the opening of the new Silver Line.
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