Staying in town for Memorial Day? Here's our handy guide on all the different ways to get around town during the three-day weekend. more ›

With a projected 875,000 people leaving the D.C. area this weekend for Memorial Day getaways, all the more reason for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to continue its massive repair schedule on Metrorail. more ›

If you rely on the Red Line, you might want to stay at work a little longer this evening, or perhaps shack up at a nearby bar, because your train is running 10 to 20 minutes late this evening. more ›

One person was struck in the leg after gunfire broke out near the Kiss & Ride parking lot near the Rockville Metrorail Station, NBC4 reports. Metro Transit Police reported the shooting about 3 p.m. more ›

A beer distributor is giving out free Metrorail fare cards on Cinco de Mayo so to help ensure that holiday revelers get home safely. more ›

All the information you need to successfully navigate what promises to be a hectic weekend of track work and sports fans on Metrorail. more ›

Saturday should be one of the most exciting days this year for D.C. sports fans, with the Rangers and Capitals fighting for survival and the Phillies visiting the Nats. There's also a lot of Metro work scheduled. more ›

For anyone who hasn't completed reading the Hunger Games trilogy, it might be advisable to stay off the Blue Line for a while. A billboard for Amazon's Kindle features the opening passages of Mockingjay. more ›

With the end of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, it's time for work to resume on Metrorail. This weekend, prepare for delays on the Red and Blue lines. more ›

A Metro rider who was assaulted by another passenger last month talks about how the transit agency and its police department were slow to respond to his incident, which he also recounted in Sunday's Post. more ›

When they were little kids, if Andrew Baker and his sister were misbehaving, their father would drag them to the King Street Metro station and they would ride the trains for a while to settle down. Crossing the Potomac on the Blue or Yellow lines, Andrew’s face would be glued to the window. more ›

A pair of former Metro workers who were fired in January after being arrested on charges they stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the transit agency pleaded guilty today in federal court in Northern Virginia. more ›

A man was killed earlier this morning at the White Flint station after he jumped in front of an oncoming train in what appears to be the most recent suicide attempt on Metrorail, the transit system announced. more ›

Most years, Metrorail holds off on impeding tourists with track work the weekend of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. But with the early bloom, crowds who arrive in time will have to endure the delays. more ›

This weekend's Metrorail track work hits four of the system's five lines, with only the Green Line being spared any closures or delays. The Woodley Park and Cleveland Park stations on the Red Line will be closed. more ›

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority sent out a video this morning of General Manager Richard Sarles giving a tour of Metrorail's forthcoming 7000-series rail car. more ›

A poster at a Metrorail station isn't mincing words in advertising a documentary opposing the 2010 health care law. A member of Congress from Northern Virginia wants to see it taken down. more ›

It's been nearly a year since the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unveiled its suggestions for station names along Metrorail's new Silver Line. As you'll recall, we thought the Fairfax supervisors' ideas were awful. Metro is taking a poll of its customers to come up with better names. more ›

With the three-day weekend coming up—and perhaps some snow—the service advisory from Metrorail is a bit more promising than it has been in recent weeks. Only two of the system's five lines will be undergoing track work this weekend, and only on suburban stretches. more ›

Even with all the delays, single-tracking nightmares and bum escalators, our own Metro is among the world's coolest subway systems, according to a lifestyle website that keeps track of cool things. more ›

Another weekend means another round of sometimes difficult-to-navigate Metrorail service advisories. Once again, sections of the Blue and Orange lines are going quiet for more track work and—in this instance—sludge removal. more ›

After a couple of rough days on Metro, especially for the Red Line, expect a whole lot more delays this weekend as the transit system conducts federally recommended repair work. At least we've been warned. more ›

Exactly one year after a blizzard knocked out Metro's bus operations, a power failure at the transit authority's control center last night crippled communications systems, leaving riders along three Metrorail lines stranded for up to an hour. more ›

Metrorail discovered a cracked rail on the Red Line this morning, which is causing major delays for commuters trying to get to work. more ›

How to get around on Metrorail and commuter lines during New Year's. more ›

How to get around this weekend on Metrorail and commuter rail lines. more ›

Metrorail's Orange and Blue lines are currently suspended between Metro Center and Federal Center SW after an incident earlier this morning in which a piece of a Vienna-bound Orange train came loose and made contact with the third rail at the Smithsonian station, a Metro spokesman says. more ›

Good morning, Washington. The first weekend in December debuts, and it’s going to be sunny and mild with temperatures rising to about 50 by the afternoon. Sans the October snowstorm, the start of the winter season hasn’t been too bad. more ›

The Washington Post’s Dana Hedgpeth reports that a five-year study by the Tri-State Oversight Committee (TOC) and Metro found that Metrorail employees in safety-critical jobs are working longer hours than allowed, which could lead to fatigue and accidents. more ›

Good morning, Washington. U.S. Park Police have released the name of a man they want to speak with in connection with the gunshots reported near the White House Friday night. Investigators are trying to track down 21-year-old Oscar Ramiro Ortega. more ›