The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is retiring the last 76 of its 2000-series trains on Friday. Metro began using the 2000-series in 1983 and the transit authority lauds the nearly ...

Metro will be able to relieve overcrowding on trains and open the Silver Line extension for Thanksgiving travel under an agreement forged with its regulator, transit officials announced Tuesday.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The Metro rail cars most likely to break down are on their way out. The first retirement of a 4000 Series car — frequently cited by Metro as the least reliable in the fleet ...

Two of Metro’s 7000-series trains returned to passenger service Friday, the first of 42 that will be phased back into daily operations after the series was pulled from service for two months ...

WASHINGTON — Metro will immediately remove all 4000-series rail cars off its tracks because of a potential safety concern, the transit agency announced Thursday. While Metro said in a statement ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Metro tells 7News it expects eight 7000-series trains to pick up passengers for the first time since 2021 quote “in the next several weeks.” Metro told us that after the ...

The older railcars were added to replace the 7000-series railcars, which were responsible for a train derailment last month. The railcars made up about 60% of Metro’s fleet. All the 748 7000 ...

If you ride the Metro, you may be familiar with the carpeted trains. These are Metrorail's oldest cars, which were introduced in 1983. On Friday, the 2000-series trains will be retired.