WASHINGTON — Just six months after the return of automated Metro trains to D.C., the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority received the green light to bring Automatic Train Operation to the ...

Metro officials said Thursday they will move more slowly to automate portions of the rail system in the coming months to ensure each step meets safety standards and has approval from Metro’s ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The way some people ride Metrorail will change on Dec. 15, the first day Red Line service returns to automatic train operations (ATO). “Yup, I think it’s really exciting,” ...

For the first time in 15 years, Red Line Metro users rode on Automated Train Operations (ATO) on Sunday. Day one was mostly a success, according to a Metro spokesperson, with a few minor exceptions of ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — After a 15-year hiatus, Metro is poised to resume its Automated Train Operation (ATO), beginning on the tracks along the Red Line. ATO is purportedly safer than manual train ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Metro hopes to once again run automated trains starting later this month. The transit agency said it wants to return to using Automatic Train Operation (ATO), which is essentially ...

Just six months after the return of automated Metro trains to D.C., the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority received the green light to bring Automatic Train Operation to the remainder of ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced on Thursday that automatic train operations (ATO) would begin on the Red Line on Dec. 15. for the first ...

As Metro transitions back to automatic operations, automatic doors will be coming to the Red Line. The announcement came at a meeting of the Metro board of directors on Thursday. The return of ...

Two eye-opening reports released Tuesday are raising concerns about safety on Metro. One details how two trains came within 400 feet of a head-on collision, and another could delay automatic train ...