Metro Red Line passengers will begin getting rides on automatic trains starting Sunday, 15 years after the system was halted ...

Automatic Train Operation (often abbreviated as ATO) is a feature incorporated into the Metrorail System that allows trains ...

For the first time in 15 years, a computer instead of a human will be the primary controller of riders’ Metro trains. The ...

The commission that oversees Metro on safety announced it had given approval to allow Metro to once again use automation to ...

A more efficient Metrorail experience is expected after the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) ...

It’s a major milestone for the region’s transit system, which in recent years has worked to shed a reputation for both ...

“It’s really about safety. It’s a safety overlay system. When you’re on automatic train operation it makes it pretty much ...

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has received approval to resume use of its automated operating system on ...

But then ATO was halted after the deadliest crash in Metro history happened on the very same line it wants to bring ...

an ATO unit installed on the locomotive in combination with the ETCS Level 2 train control system underneath takes over train control. In the event of technical deviations or malfunctions (degraded ...

Metro plans to return to automatic train operation (ATO) for the first time in 15 years by the end of the year, which the ...

Chenai Metro Rail has awarded Indian manufacturer BEML a $US 431m contract to supply 70 three-car trains and maintain them ...