WASHINGTON — The future of Metro is automatic. WMATA is working to restore automatic train operation (ATO) throughout the Metro system, and it’s nearly ready. Metro announced just a few months ago ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced Tuesday that its Automatic Train Operation (ATO) is set to launch along two metro lines. Starting on ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — After a 15-year hiatus, Metro is poised to resume its Automated Train Operation (ATO), beginning on the tracks along the Red Line. ATO is purportedly safer than manual train ...

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 ...

News4 was first to tell you about Metro’s plans to finalize the return of automatic operations of its trains. But a day later, the transit agency’s safety watchdog, the Washington Metrorail Safety ...

Citing improved safety and a better passenger experience, Metro officials are hoping to have Red Line trains operate in automatic mode starting later this month. During an overnight demonstration this ...

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has been testing automatic doors on trains in the Washington, D.C. area over the last three weeks as part of a plan to reintroduce automatic doors by ...

Sixteen years after ATO (automatic train operation) was suspended on the Washington Metro following a fatal rear-end collision on the Red Line, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ...

Metro unveiled its initial budget proposal for the next fiscal year on Thursday — and it includes additional bus and rail service. Changes include more peak-capacity service on Metrorail with longer ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Metro officials will begin automating trains on the Green and Yellow Lines on Friday after approval from its oversight commission, which previously opposed the move, citing ...

NETHERLANDS: A one-year trial of automatic train operation has begun on the Betuwe Route as part of a project to develop production-ready equipment for automating main line freight operations. This is ...