Metro
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Metro to halt track work for cherry blossom season
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Metro says it will take a break from weekend track work for cherry blossom season.
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Olijawon Griffin: Four teens charged as adults in fatal Woodley Park Metro stabbing
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The judge ordered all four teen suspects in a deadly stabbing at the Woodley Park Metro station be held without bond.
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Metro launches pilot program for student riders
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According to a release from WMATA, the program is designed to give students more options for purchasing 10-trip bus passes in areas closer to home or school. The pilot program will run from March 4 through July 1.
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Metro weekend delays close Fort Totten, Brookland, Rhode Island Avenue, Airport stations
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The Rhode Island Avenue, Brookland and Fort Totten stations on the Red Line and the Reagan National Airport station on the Blue and Yellow Lines will all close starting at 10 p.m. Friday due to weekend maintenance.
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Six teens indicted in Metro platform stabbing death
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Six teens now face murder and armed robbery charges in connection with the Nov. stabbing death of 18-year-old Olijawon Griffin at the Woodley Park Metro station.
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Bus Track D.C. app makes it easy to track Metrobus
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Jason Rosenbaum is making a difference for many who use the Metro by creating his own Metro smartphone app. Bus Track D.C. makes it easy to track bus schedules in the District.
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Thefts of high-tech devices increase on Metro
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In what has been called the high-tech version of purse snatching, an alarming surge of thefts has occurred lately on the Metro system, targeting smart phones and other high tech devices.
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Metro weekend track work: Orange Line, Red Line affected by track work
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Heads up if you are planning to take Metro this weekend: Buses will replace trains on a portion of the Orange Line and there will be single tracking on the Red Line.
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Jim Graham crashes Council Chair Mendelson's press event
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D.C. Councilmember Jim Graham, fighting efforts to reprimand him, crashed a press event by Council Chair Phil Mendelson, insisting he's done nothing wrong.
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Darnell Christopher Ross, NE D.C. pedestrian, fatally struck, driver flees
Police say Darnell Ross, 20, was hit and killed in Northeast Washington Saturday night near the NoMa-Gallaudet U. Metro station. The driver did not stop and continued to drive southbound in a white Buick.
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Metro President's Day schedule: Saturday schedule in effect for rail, bus
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Metro says train stations will open Monday at 5 a.m., normal for a weekday, and close at midnight. But trains won't run as frequently as on weekdays. Seven stations will also remain closed.
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Only on 7: Some Metro employees make more in overtime than base pay
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An ABC7 News I-Team Investigation has uncovered a new report showing some Metro employees receive a staggering amount of money in overtime, totaling in some cases one and a half times their entire base salary.
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Silver Line: Fairfax Co. neighborhood wants to keep buses out
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A battle is brewing in one Fairfax County neighborhood to keep buses out. They could start rolling along Old Courthouse Road in Vienna once service starts on Metro’s Silver Line next winter.
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Metro President's Day schedule: Metro to run on Saturday schedule
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Metro says trains are running on a Saturday schedule for the Presidents Day holiday.
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Green Line power outage: Sarles discusses findings
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On Thursday, Metro's General Manager Richard Sarles and other leaders told the board what went wrong when two trains lost power underground on Jan. 30.
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Metro sexual harassment: Only one arrest out of 99 complaints
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An initiative by Metro reveals just how often people are sexually harassed while riding mass transit. Out of 99 complaints from victims online, only one has resulted in an arrest.
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Person struck, killed by train at Gallery Place
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A person was struck and killed by a train at Gallery Place Wednesday morning, Metro officials say.
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Metro slashing: Two sent to hospital after altercation at Shaw-Howard
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Investigators say the fight apparently started on the platform of the Shaw-Howard University Metro station about 2 a.m. Saturday.
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