WASHINGTON, DC (7News) — Metro General Manager Randy Clarke announced Thursday that as the future 8000 series of Metrorail trains is designed, he wants to include something called an “open ...

Metro paid United Iron & Metal $1.3 million to haul away and scrap nearly 300 1000-series cars, the oldest in Metro’s fleet, which date from the 1976 opening of the subway system.

Hey, Metro rider! By now, in the wake of Monday’s collision, you’ve heard plenty about the different types of Metro cars—-specifically how the oldest ‘1000-series’ cars were judged by ...

Metro's general manager isn ... but said he believes the D.C. area’s ... Also expected to play a role in creating a system with fewer delays is the retirement of unreliable 1000- and 4000-series ...

Metro to retro-fit 7000-series railcars to prevent visually-impaired riders from falling ... For the 1000-6000 series trains, ... when D.C. resident David Kosub tried to board a train at Grosvenor ...

The 2018 fiscal year budget also assumes $47 million more coming from the D.C. government, ... But even Metro acknowledges that cutting 1,000 positions would be unprecedented.

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Monday marked one decade since Metro’s 7000 series railcars entered service, officials said. In a post on X, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ...

Washington, DC » Weather Closings ... Metro retired the 1000-series in 2016 and 2017, the 4000-series in 2017, and the 5000-series in 2018 and 2019. Credit: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit ...

WASHINGTON — The 7000-series Metro cars that went out of service after their infamous October derailment in D.C. may make a return this summer, according to WMATA, who shared their plans in a ...