ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Metro officials will begin automating trains on the Green and Yellow Lines on Friday after approval from its oversight commission, which previously opposed the move ...

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 ...

Automatic train operation used to be standard for more than 30 years on all Metrorail lines until a deadly crash in 2009. It expanded to the Red line in December.

Metro officials expressed frustration over not being allowed to expand the use of autopilot features on trains.

Initial investigations revealed that a Union Pacific remote-controlled train had been traveling eastbound on the rail tracks with an engineer on the rear platform of the last tanker train car when ...

A black Ford transit van southbound on North Prospect drove around the flashing rail crossing arms blocking the train tracks and was hit by the tanker car that the engineer was standing on ...

Police said when the van collided with the tanker car, it spun the Ford 90 degrees and pinned the engineer between the tanker car and the side of the van.

A car bursts into flame in Delaware County after a driver fell asleep while driving to work and crashed into a cargo train. The driver was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.

14 people on the train were taken to hospitals with minor injuries, while the truck driver was taken to a trauma center with a head injury, authorities said.

An Amtrak train carrying nearly 200 passengers struck a county water truck and derailed on Wednesday in Southern California, critically injuring the truck's driver, authorities said.Three of the ...