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Metro employee charged with soliciting minor during Tennessee business trip
A Metro employee was arrested during a business trip in Tennessee after arranging to meet who he thought was a 15-year-old for a sexual encounter.
3 months ago -
Shuttle buses to replace some Metro Red Line service for next 3 weekends
Metro will shut down service on part of its Red Line over the next three weekends, and the transit agency is working with the Smithsonian to ensure people can still get to a popular attraction along the impacted route.
7 months ago -
Metro plans ‘summer shutdown’ on Blue, Yellow lines next year
Metro plans to temporarily close all Blue and Yellow line stations south of Reagan National Airport next summer as part of a massive construction project to rebuild 20 outdoor station platforms over the next three years.
7 months ago -
Police: 25-year-old Md. man raped woman on Metro Red Line train
A man raped a woman on a Metro Red Line train last month, the transit agency said Monday. The suspect is in police custody on an unrelated charge.
8 months ago -
Court won’t order Metro to post Christmas ads, for now
A federal appeals court has denied the Archdiocese of Washington’s request to force Metro to immediately post Christmas ads on Metrobuses.
12 months ago -
Metro adds free Wi-Fi at 24 more stations
Metro riders can stay connected while underground with the addition of free Wi-Fi at even more stations beginning Thursday.
12 months ago -
Want Metro to work? Empowering citizens at core of grass-roots effort
Civic activists say they are no longer just waiting around for elected officials to agree on desperately needed Metro funding — instead they are educating and empowering citizens to lobby and to advocate for the funding.
1 year ago -
Fewer riders, but Metro scores more trips ‘on time’
Metrorail ridership dropped 8 percent in the year ending in June, but Metro claims ridership is stabilizing now as the agency scores more trips as “on time.”
1 year ago -
Appeals court breathes life back into Purple Line
The Purple Line is closer to getting back on track, after a significant ruling Wednesday by a federal appeals court.
1 year ago -
Part of Metro’s Red Line to shut down for multiple weekends for water seal work
The Red Line will shut down four consecutive weekends in July and August between Grosvenor-Strathmore and Friendship Heights to allow for testing of a sealant that could help prevent some major Red Line delays like last Friday’s shutdowns.
1 year ago -
Audit: Metro put millions of federal dollars at risk in failed Buy America program
Oversight and contracting failures at Metro risked an immediate loss of millions in federal funding, a new audit report from Metro’s Office of Inspector General found.
1 year ago -
Red Line service resumes after brief suspension
On Metro’s Red Line, service was briefly suspended between Judiciary Square and Rhode Island Avenue stations because of a track problem outside Union Station.
1 year ago -
Metro willing to extend hours for select big DC-area events
Metro will stay open late or open early for a limited number of special events such as playoff games or marathons over the next year – as long as event organizers are willing to put more money down up front than they have in the past.
1 year ago -
Metro announces new 24/7 work zones
Metro will shut down parts of the Green, Red and Yellow lines over the next year as part of the next round of work zones.
2 years ago -
Metro hard drives up for auction still had employees’ personal data on them
Metro failed to erase hard drives before putting them up for auction as surplus, exposing some employees’ personal information, an internal audit found.
2 years ago
