Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — After a 15-year hiatus, Metro is poised to resume its Automated Train Operation (ATO), beginning on the ...

The Automated Train project demonstrated how a train prepares itself for operation and showed the feasibility of autonomous ...

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The D.C. Metro system is planning a return to self-piloting trains in coming months, 15 years after automated trains were turned off in the wake of a crash on the Red Line that killed a train operator ...

In Berlin, Siemens presented its Automated Train, which drove thanks to software, radar, camera, and lidar. Obstacles were ...

Just six months after the return of automated Metro trains to D.C., the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority received the green light to bring Automatic Train Operation to the remainder of ...

For the first time in 15 years, a computer instead of a human will be the primary controller of riders' Metro trains. The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) — which oversees and enforces ...

Tests on a new MRT backup signalling system were completed to improve train reliability and resilience during onboard signalling failures. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON (7News) — Metro hopes to once again run automated trains starting later this month. The transit agency said it wants to return to using Automatic Train Operation (ATO), which is essentially ...

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority expanded automatic train operation to the Blue, Orange and Silver lines, the first time since 2009 that all Metrorail lines have it. During automatic ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Metro Red Line passengers will begin getting rides on automatic trains starting Sunday, 15 years after the system was halted due to safety concerns following a deadly crash in ...

WASHINGTON — The future of Metro is automatic. WMATA is working to restore automatic train operation (ATO) throughout the Metro system, and it’s nearly ready. Metro announced just a few months ago ...