WASHINGTON — A train control system that relies solely on the operator’s actions led to an incident in which a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority light rail vehicle hit an end-of-track ...

Federal investigators say the SEPTA driver was distracted just before the Norristown High Speed Line train he was operating ...

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrorail has implemented improvements to its automatic train control and signals program, but “is not carrying out some key safety commitments,” ...

The safety oversight group for Metro says the rail system is not ready to resume automatic train control, citing problems during overnight testing. Metro has been testing trains in a ...

Metro is still years away from returning to running its trains automatically, instead of manually, in the ongoing aftermath of the deadly 2009 train crash. The transit agency first has to finish ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a final report for its investigation of the May 11, 2025, ...

Metro plans to return to automatic train operation (ATO) for the first time in 15 years by the end of the year, which the transit agency says will offer a smoother, quicker ride. No Metro customer has ...

San Francisco transit officials have approved a $212 million overhaul of its aging train control system — which for decades has run on data stored by floppy disks. The Municipal Transportation Agency ...

The NTSB has concluded that a 2025 SEPTA light rail crash in Norristown, Pennsylvania, which injured 12 people, was due to a train control system relying solely on operator vigilance. The report ...

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which runs the city's Muni Metro light rail, claims to be the first US agency to adopt floppy disks. But today, the SFMTA is eager to abandon its ...