Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Relying on automation is bad long-term rail strategy, union contends. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) WASHINGTON — Labor and ...

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will expand automated train service to the Blue, Orange and Silver Lines Sunday, achieving full automation of the rail service for the first time ...

WASHINGTON — In a move to enhance safety and efficiency across the Washington Metro system, officials are considering installing platform screen doors (PSDs) at train platforms. This is part of a ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Since returning to using automation to run Red Line trains starting Dec. 15, Metro has seen several trains overrun the platform at various stations, leading to delays. But on ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The leader of the largest union of Metro workers said Thursday that the transit agency’s plans for both the near future and the more distant future will put riders and employees ...

Metro plan to return to automated train operation and automated doors next year if approved by the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission. Since the 2009 Red Line crash at Fort Totten killed nine ...

Leroy Automation will exhibit its comprehensive range of products and solutions to architect smart Train Control and Monitoring Systems (TCMS) and rugged modular automation solutions at SIFER 2017, ...