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 ›

In case you hadn't noticed: this weekend has been a bit of bedlam for traveling on the Metro. Lumping together the severing of the Orange/Blue lines at the Foggy Bottom station, several track disruptions and a body found on the Farragut North tracks, a relaxing three-day weekend is not the first notion to come to mind. Unfortunately, those of us already looking forward to the next federal holiday in February, there will be no respite as Metro plans to close the Federal Triangle and Smithsonian stations for similar maintenance -- all part of an "aggressive maintenance" schedule for 2011. Metro's anger management issues aside, sounds like we should plan to spend a good chuck of our extra days off riding the rails. more ›

Heads up. The second round of Metro fare increases to bridge a $189 million budget gap starts today. Below you'll find a round up of the changes, adding on to those implemented last month. more ›

After a three-day weekend of patriotism and debauchery, one would think Saturday and Sunday would be fairly humdrum. But for those of you heeding the call of weekend-manifest destiny, take note of a few obstacles to ford and add on some time to your commute. more ›

If you've driven out the Dulles Connector Road near McLean and Tysons Corner in recent months, you've for sure seen some of the preliminary work for the future Silver Line Metrorail line into Fairfax County. Now, construction crews are going to start driving steel pilings into the ground which will serve as a foundation for the elevated tracks, WTOP reports. But it's gonna be loud! The price of progress ... more ›

We've finally got the details on the fare hike agreement reached by Metro's Board of Directors that we reported earlier. The following fare changes are expected to go into effect on June 27, pending final approval of the 2011 budget on June 24. more ›

Word coming out of today's Metro board meeting, which ended up going into a closed-door executive session "lunch break" for the bulk of the afternoon, is that an agreement is in place to raise fares. CORRECTION: This afternoon's negotiations took place not during an official executive session, but rather an informal meal break. See GGW for more on that. more ›

Almost a year after the National Transportation Safety Board scolded WMATA for failing to heed advice to remove its oldest rail cars from service, the transit agency's board has voted unanimously to approve the purchase of brand new replacement cars. more ›

We got a brief reprieve last weekend, but major Metrorail delays are back in full effect this weekend, as well as the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. more ›

UPDATE 5:19 p.m. WMATA spokesperson Ron Holzer now says that this report isn't totally accurate. Holzer says that the two operators were "taken out of service" for routine drug and alcohol testing, which is standard procedure after an incident of this magnitude. The employees were apparently never suspended or put on leave, according to Holzer, despite what the transit agency told the Washington Post earlier today. more ›

Metro has released the preliminary findings of its investigation into what's been described as a near-miss collision on the Red Line on May 5. more ›

This gray, drizzly nonsense looks like it will finally make way for some lovely, mild weather by Saturday. You're going to want to get out and do stuff this weekend, D.C. And believe it or not, we actually have decent news from Metro on that subject! This weekend's scheduled track maintenance is limited to a short section of the Green Line only. more ›

Hat tip to NBCWashington.com for this fun video piece from local dancer/DJ Mad Sole and friends. I, for one, would like to see more breakdance performances on my daily rides around the Metrorail system. Surely our hometown B-boys can give those more famous New York dance crews a run for their money. more ›

UPDATE: Well, good news, Metro says service on the Red Line has already returned to normal. Still, keep an eye out for residual delays. more ›

Much like last weekend, the Metrorail system will be bogged down with lengthy delays starting tonight through close on Sunday, as WMATA continues work on a number of major track maintenance projects. Plan for delays of up to 40 minutes thanks to ongoing work on the Red, Blue and Orange lines. more ›

WMATA announced Thursday that Metro's board of directors is at last backing a plan to let SmarTrip card holders access their account information online. The board gave preliminary approval to the concept at its regular meeting this week. more ›

Metro set a new ridership record on Friday, just a day after posting a new ridership record on Thursday, ABC7 reports. On April 2, users enjoyed 891,240 trips on Metrorail, making Friday the new second highest all-time traffic day for the system. That stills fall short of the record set on the day of President Barack Obama's inauguration, when Metrorail trips eclipsed the seven-digit marker. Still, he District's riding high, having just set a record only to smash it the very next day. Surely record-setting traffic tells politicians that the time is not now to drastically cut Metro services. WMATA has a million ways to get it -- someone bring them back some money please? more ›

Howdy, Washington. That was some kind of weekend, no? No, really, that was some kind of weekend: The Washington Business Journal reports that on Thursday, Metrorail recorded nearly 878,000 trips, making it the second all-time highest traffic day in D.C. Metro history. Blame it on the brilliant weather, Cherry Blossom Festival, United and Capitals games, and comeuppance for all those days area residents spent indoors in February, but the city got out this weekend. After President Barack Obama's inauguration (which holds first place in Metrorail ridership) and the day before the inauguration (third place), this past weekend might have been one of the busiest couple days in public transit history. more ›

In case you hadn't already noticed that Washington, D.C. is currently chock-a-block with tourists, WMATA shares that Thursday actually marked its second highest weekday ridership ever. The Metrorail system saw a whopping 877,890 trips on Thursday, thanks to a combination of the peak of the National Cherry Blossom Festival and a sold-out Washington Capitals game. The figure is second only to Jan. 20, 2009, the day of President Obama's inauguration. more ›

Metro says it has lifted most of the speed restrictions that were put in place on the Red Line between Friendship Heights and Bethesda late last week. Inbound Red Line trains traveling in the direction of Glenmont are now back at normal speeds, up to 59 mph. Outbound trains traveling in the direction of Shady Grove, meanwhile, are operating at 35 to 40 mph between Friendship Heights and Bethesda. WMATA says it hopes to have those trains back entirely to full speed by next week. more ›

A temporary 15 mph speed restriction is in place on the Red Line between Friendship Heights and Bethesda, WMATA has announced. The change is due to ongoing rail replacement work along that section of the tracks. The restriction has actually been in place since late last week, according to Metro, and the transit authority hopes to be able to lift them by the middle of this week. Previously scheduled weeknight and weekend track work between Medical Center and Friendship Heights will continue through this week and into the weekend, which will cause delays of between 20 and 30 minutes while inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing the same track. more ›