South East Central Railway (SECR) is implementing KAVACH, an indigenous automatic train protection system, to enhance rail ...

The future of Metro is automatic. WMATA is working to restore automatic train operation (ATO) throughout the Metro system, and it’s nearly ready.

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced on Thursday that automatic train operations (ATO) would begin on the Red Line on Dec. 15. for the ...

The plan is to have the Red Line switch to automatic train operation by the summer and the entire system by the end of the year. Metro hasn’t used automatic train operation (ATO) in over a decade.

Metro says automatic train operation (ATO) will result in an increase in both safety and smoothness of rides, and it wants to begin using it on the Red Line again by spring, and on all the rest of ...

Metro plans to return to automatic train operation for first time since tragic 2009 crash by Tom Roussey Thu, March 9th 2023 at 6:49 PM Updated Fri, March 10th 2023 at 4:47 AM 3 ...

WASHINGTON — Members of the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission say Green and Yellow line trains have been running smoothly on automatic train operation (ATO), but more studies are needed ...

Metro operator investigated for using self-piloting system without clearance The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission said it is investigating a train operator, raising questions about the self ...

Rob Troup, Metro’s No. 2 who oversees its rail operations, is expected to brief the board Thursday on the agency’s work to return to automated train operation.

Auto Doors is now in operation on ALL rail lines! Customers will notice faster entries and exits with doors opening within 3-5 seconds after the train stops on the station platform.

The Victoria Line on the London Underground has used automatic train operation since 1968, where the driver only needs to open and close the doors, start the train (and let the train do the rest ...