WASHINGTON — Metro has proposed reducing service, increasing fares and laying off 1,000 workers in an effort to balance its budget. The beleaguered transit network has seen ridership decline amid safety and reliability issues. In a statement on Sunday, Metro ...

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WASHINGTON — Federal officials say two safety inspectors had to leap out of the way of a Metro train when it exceeded temporary speed restrictions in an area where they were working. The Federal Transit Administration said the incident happened ...

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WASHINGTON — Metro says riders traveling on the rail system this weekend will wait up to 24 minutes for trains. Metro says that on Saturday and Sunday, trains on the silver, blue, yellow and green lines will operate every 20 ...

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WASHINGTON — The governors of Maryland and Virginia and the mayor of Washington found little consensus on how to fund the struggling Metro subway system at a regional meeting to discuss economic development. Democratic District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser ...

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WASHINGTON  — The D.C. Council is considering a bill to create a new, more robust oversight body for the Metro transit system. Two council committees will hold a hearing Tuesday on the bill, which would establish a compact between the ...

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WASHINGTON — A Metro worker has filed a lawsuit alleging that she has been sexually harassed in the workplace. The Washington Post reports that Arlancia Williams says in a lawsuit filed this month that her boss demanded hugs, made disparaging ...

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WASHINGTON — Paul Wiedefeld stood on an overcrowded platform at Union Station, watching as trains came and went, too full to pick up more commuters. Metro was making him — the general manager of Washington’s subway system — late for ...

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ROCKVILLE — In order to ensure the Metro system is following through on safety recommendations, the Federal Transit Administration says it’s spending $900,000 in funds designated for regional transportation departments to hire new inspectors. Media outlets report that in a ...

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Maryland must conduct another study on anticipated Purple Line ridership in light of safety concerns about the Metrorail system, a federal judge has ruled. The order Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon that the state prepare another supplemental ...

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WASHINGTON — Federal investigators say rail tracks were almost 2 inches too far apart at the site of a Metro train derailment that injured a passenger. The train derailed on Friday near the East Falls Church station in northern Virginia. ...

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