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Metro ridership has hit another low, sinking to fewer than 600,000 average weekday trips for the first time since 2000, before the original system was completed, according to the agency’s latest performance report.

Many Metro trains are much less crowded, with ridership now around the lowest levels in nearly two decades.

WMATA has been testing automatic doors on Metro trains for the last two weeks, the agency announced in a press release on Monday. The doors automatically open when trains pull into the station, come to a complete stop, and are “confirmed…

Metro is inching closer to restoring a significant amount of service this summer at stations through the heart of D.C. and adding service in Maryland as part of ongoing budget talks.

Metro will not extend its hours later into the night as the District requested. On Thursday morning, the Metro board voted 7-1 to keep the current hours, which allows for longer overnight maintenance time.

Metro board chairman Jack Evans, who had pushed for restoring late-night service, said the vote reflected the realities facing the system.

Metro will keep its current hours for at least one more year after the District’s board members split Thursday on an effort to block the change.

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and House representatives from neighboring jurisdictions penned a letter Monday warning Metro about the possible danger of buying its new railcars from foreign adversaries, mainly because of the risk of…

The development sets up a potentially contentious vote on Metro late-night service Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Metro expects to lose about $23 million in ridership and other revenue in the next budget year, because riders have turned away during shutdowns and single tracking around major construction projects, such as the monthslong…

“We always seem to keep finding ourselves . . . at the same precipice,” former agency official says.

If you’re a resident of the Washington, DC area, chances are you’ve been following the debate over late night Metro service – or have been affected by the cuts. In 2016, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) cut late…

The agency believes D.C. officials’ plan raises safety concerns for Metro, which is still catching up on long-ignored maintenance.

WASHINGTON — Metro moved closer Thursday to keeping its current hours for at least another year, even as the District threatened to block the plans in two weeks over concerns that the reduced service could remain indefinitely.

There are still two weeks left until the final vote on Metro’s operating hours, but a committee vote Thursday pushed back against a proposed return to previous late night service.

Metro would subsidize an Uber, Lyft or other on-demand trip for late-night workers under a plan the agency is proposing to the ride-hail services.

The transit agency also said it decided not to use Google’s free services because of proprietary concerns and the belief that Metro could do it better.

WASHINGTON — The Metro Board is moving toward extending current rail service hours for at least another year, over the District’s objections to continued service cuts.