WASHINGTON  — Metro says a problem that kept riders from using credit and debit cards at fare machines for hours has been resolved. On Monday morning, Metro tweeted that some fare machines were not accepting credit cards. Later, Metro said ...

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WASHINGTON — Metro officials say the last paper ticket for the rail and bus system has been sold. Metro said in a statement Thursday that all its fare vending machines have been upgraded so that they dispense plastic SmarTrip cards instead ...

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CAPITOL HEIGHTS — Officials say a man struck and killed by a Metro train in Maryland may have fallen from the platform. It happened about 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Capitol Heights station. Metro spokesman Dan Stessel says surveillance video ...

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WASHINGTON — The Department of Transportation says Washington’s subway system will be under direct federal supervision because of safety lapses. Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a letter posted Friday on the department’s website that Federal Transit Administration officials could intervene ...

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WASHINGTON — Federal investigators recommended Wednesday that the federal government assume oversight of Washington’s troubled subway system, an unprecedented step for an urban mass transit network. The National Transportation Safety Board said the Federal Railroad Commission should take over safety ...

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WASHINGTON  — Metro’s board of directors says the failure to repair a track problem that led to a derailment represents “a breakdown of the organization’s chain of command” and “an unforgivable breach of safety.” Metro’s general manager announced on Wednesday ...

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WASHINGTON  — The derailment of a Metro train in downtown Washington last week was caused by a track problem that was detected a month earlier but wasn’t fixed, the transit agency’s top executive said Wednesday. Members of Congress were quick ...

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BETHESDA — Metro officials say a train hit something on the tracks between two stations in Bethesda. Metro spokesman Dan Stessel says no one was hurt and it’s not yet clear what the train struck on Wednesday morning. He says ...

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Prince George’s County wants to entice developers to invest in the underutilized area surrounding the College Park-University of Maryland Metro station. Despite its name, the stop on Metro’s Green Line is more than a mile from the campus of the ...

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WASHINGTON — Metro is proposing cutting service on four rail lines so that it can add more trains and reduce wait times on the crowded blue line. Under the proposal, riders on the blue line would see trains every eight ...

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