Metro is planning a major change to how trains are operated in the D.C. area. The agency says it’s ready to use its automatic, computer-controlled train operation system for the first time in 15 years ...

WASHINGTON — Metro wants to try automatic train operation again, and soon. By this December, it hopes to automate the Red Line. Automatic train operation was halted 15 years ago after the deadliest ...

The D.C. Metro system is planning a return to self-piloting trains in coming months, 15 years after automated trains were turned off in the wake of a crash on the Red Line that killed a train operator ...

WASHINGTON — Just six months after the return of automated Metro trains to D.C., the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority received the green light to bring Automatic Train Operation to the ...

The safety oversight group for Metro says the rail system is not ready to resume automatic train control, citing problems during overnight testing. Metro has been testing trains in a ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Metro Red Line passengers will begin getting rides on automatic trains starting Sunday, 15 years after the system was halted due to safety concerns following a deadly crash in ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — During and after a board of directors meeting on Thursday, Metro officials expressed frustration over not being allowed to expand the use of autopilot features on trains. As 7News ...