DC Metro

Plans to build a Metro station at Alexandria's Potomac Yard have hit another snag, pushing back the opening of a potential station there to 2017 at the earliest. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

WMATA plans $70 million in expansions at Gallery Place, Union Station

Liz Essley · April 14, 2013 4:00 am

Bus drivers, rail operators not in anti-fatigue plan

Liz Essley · April 14, 2013 4:00 am

The arrival of the Silver Line, expected late this year, means that Metro's Rosslyn tunnel will be stuffed with Silver, Orange and Blue line cars, and Metro staff proposed a service plan Thursday that would mean 12-minute waits between rush-hour Blue Line trains. (Photo: Examiner file)

Metro says it doesn’t have a solution for long Blue Line waits

Liz Essley · April 11, 2013 4:00 am

Wednesday ranks as Metro’s 4th busiest day

Liz Essley · April 11, 2013 4:00 am

Metro's Bethesda station is set to get a $10 million facelift as Metro makes it the "model station of the future."

Metro to make Bethesda ‘station of the future’

Liz Essley · April 11, 2013 4:00 am

A new parking garage at the Twinbrook Metro station has "extensive cracks" and will need to be repaired before Metro accepts the work from its contractor. (Photo: Examiner file)

New Twinbrook Metro garage has cracks

Liz Essley · April 10, 2013 4:00 am

Metro expected to be crowded Wednesday afternoon

Liz Essley · April 10, 2013 4:00 am

The new 7000 series of Metro cars, the first of which is expected to arrive in July 2015, will feature rubber, no-slip floors rather than the carpet found in other cars. (Photo: Examiner file)

Troublesome Metro railcars to be replaced

Liz Essley · April 9, 2013 4:00 am

Information from passengers contradict Metro's account of what happened when a Green Line train lost power last week and riders self-evacuated. (Examiner file photo)

Metro to get glow-in-the-dark evacuation signs

Liz Essley · April 9, 2013 4:00 am

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Loudoun supervisors must decide by July 4 whether to back the second phase of the Dulles Rail project, which would extend the Silver Line into the county, or to pull out.

Silver Line to mean crowds, longer waits for Blue Line riders

Liz Essley · April 8, 2013 4:00 am

Metro police trying to improve emergency response time

Liz Essley · April 7, 2013 4:00 am

Silver Spring Transit Center, Silver Spring, MD, Tues, Jan 10, 2012

Montgomery County Council approves more funds for Silver Spring Transit Center

Kate Jacobson · April 2, 2013 4:00 am