There's already a plaque at the Fort Totten Metro station, but by this June D.C. officials hope to have a design for what will eventually become a permanently memorial to the nine people who were killed in the 2009 Metro crash outside the Red Line station. more ›

A woman was hit by a Green Line train at the U Street station this afternoon during an apparent suicide attempt. Rescue personnel are on the scene, and warning of potential delays. more ›

Despite remaining disagreements over whether union labor will be used to build the second phase of Metro's Silver Line out to Dulles Airport, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood gathered with stakeholders yesterday and said that he had "every confidence" that the project would proceed as planned. more ›

The idea of eventually being able to take the Metro out to Dulles Airport has plenty of travelers plenty excited. But no one should yet jump ahead of themselves—the Metro may never even get there. more ›

Metro's Board of Directors has approved a slate of fare increases that will go into effect on July 1. more ›

Metro has suspended a bus that services some of the most heavily traveled routes in the entire system after it was learned that a driver who operated the coach was diagnosed with viral meningitis. 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 ›

After a Metrobus from a model with a troubled service history caught fire Tuesday morning in Maryland, Metro announced it is suspending its entire stock of that type of bus from service pending an investigation. more ›

Higher fares on Metro are a step closer to reality—a committee voted yesterday to charge us more to ride buses and trains. 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 ›

As part of his most recent budget, President Obama has cut federal funds for Metro by 10 percent—and local leaders are not happy. more ›

It was just last month that Metro officials seemed totally oblivious to the problem of sexual harassment on area trains and buses. Now they're getting ready to kick off a public service campaign encouraging riders to report any harassment as soon as it happens. 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 ›

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 ›

For years Metro has offered email and text message alerts for disruptions in rail service, and now it's doing the same for buses. more ›

Ahead of six public hearings starting next week, Metro wants your input on a proposed slate of fare hikes that may go into effect by this summer. 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 ›

Despite the rules, people still eat and drink on Metro. For those that receive tickets, though, the majority are caught drinking on trains or buses. 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 ›

It's time for your weekly warnings of Metro track work, and if you're a Blue Line user, consider yourself lucky. According to WMATA, every line but the Blue will be undergoing some sort of work from 10 p.m. tonight until the system closes on Sunday. 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 ›

Metro's Board of Directors agreed yesterday to set dates for public hearings on a slate of fare hikes that could see the cost of just entering the system at peak hours rise from $1.95 to $2.10 and the maximum cost for a trip jump from $5.00 to $5.75. more ›

You know all of that track work that has been happening in recent weeks and shut down entire stations and segments of various lines? It's linked to federal recommendations on necessary safety improvements in the region's transit system, and despite past concerns over a lack of enforcement mechanisms on safety standards, Metro has been improving in its work with federal and local regulators. more ›

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