You may have heard about the Red Line train that caught fire Tuesday evening at Silver Spring. That was my train. Apparently the Metro gods thought we all needed a little excitement in our commutes that evening. And that's exactly what we got.
WASHINGTON -- Four years ago, celebrants who turned out for President Obama's first Inauguration pushed D.C.'s Metro system to a new ridership record ...
WASHINGTON -- If the ongoing rain didn't make the Wednesday morning commute already bad, "an unscheduled switch repair" on Metrorail's Red Line near J...
WASHINGTON -- This video may not look like much at first. It starts out as a series of dots moving across the screen in random directions. Then, the p...
WASHINGTON -- While Metrorail's regular weekend trackwork can often cause minor headaches -- or major headaches -- expect an intense migraine if you p...
WASHINGTON -- Don't expect the service complaints you've been hearing from Metrorail's Blue Line commuters to go away anytime soon. In fact, they'll l...
WASHINGTON -- The news that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has been battling bedbugs in a section of its downtown headquarters is ...
On Veterans Day, Monday, November 12, Metrorail service will operate on a Saturday schedule. The system will open at 5 a.m. and close at midnight. P...
WASHINGTON -- The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced Monday afternoon that regular Metrorail and Metrobus service will not resum...
WASHINGTON -- The completion of a Metro escalator rehabilitation project isn't usually the cause of a huge celebration, but the escalator project at t...
WASHINGTON -- After eight and a half months, the massive escalator reconstruction project at the Dupont Circle Metrorail station's south entrance is w...
WASHINGTON -- There's another call to boycott D.C.'s Metrorail system in response to a series of controversial anti-Muslim ads put up Monday that will...
WASHINGTON -- The nation's capital city is showing off a sleek new design for its subway trains, the biggest visible change to the cars since the syst...
WASHINGTON -- The agency that operates the D.C. Metrorail system has until the end of Monday to post a set of controversial anti-Muslim advertisements...
WASHINGTON -- Good news, baseball fans. Metro will be ready to provide late-night weekday service for the playoffs courtesy of LivingSocial, the D.C.-...
Power issues on the Red Line snarled the morning commute for riders, creating massive delays and resulting in a pair of trains requiring evacuation be...
WASHINGTON -- When the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority realigned its rush-hour Metrorail service in June to reduce train congestion hea...
Metro has started to add suicide hotline signs to its station platforms and plans to launch a public awareness campaign later this month, nearly three...
WASHINGTON -- With the Nationals inching closer to the playoffs, baseball fans at Nationals Park could be left stranded without a ride home if weeknig...