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 ...

French rail manufacturer Alstom said Tuesday it won a €380 million (about $440 million) contract to upgrade the Skyway ...

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrorail has implemented improvements to its automatic train control and signals program, but “is not carrying out some key safety commitments,” ...

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 ...

High-speed train control systems are at the forefront of modern railway engineering, integrating advanced computing, communication networks and control strategies to ensure navigation precision, ...

Metro plans to return to automatic train operation (ATO) for the first time in 15 years by the end of the year, which the transit agency says will offer a smoother, quicker ride. No Metro customer has ...

WASHINGTON — WMATA wants to bring automated trains back to the entire system, but after a trial run on the red line, the safety watchdog is pushing back. Metro activated automated train operation or ...

Automated trains have been running on Metro’s Red Line for the past few months. But a safety organization that oversees the D.C. transit agency’s operations is against expanding automation to other ...

San Francisco transportation officials have secured $41 million to modernize the city's subway, chiefly to overhaul a train control system that still runs on floppy disks. The money, awarded last ...

The collision of three Norfolk Southern trains in Pennsylvania early this month highlights the shortcomings of the automated braking system that was created to prevent such crashes. None of the ...