Following the derailment, Metro General Manager Randy Clarke ordered all 3000 and 2000 series trains off the tracks for brake inspections. The 352 train cars inspected had eight brake discs each ...

Metro knew of brake problems for years, transit officials say. March 8, 2012. A friction ring, a part of the braking system on the 5000 series rail car.

Brake problem on Metro train at Dupont Circle stop. October 14, 2016 More than ... Normal service is back on Metro’s Red Line, the transit agency said.

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- A Metro train with brake issues has caused some delays on the Red Line Wednesday morning, officials said. The train got stuck between the Brookland and Rhode Island Metro ...

Federal investigators confirmed that radio and brake failures contributed to the collision between two No. 1 trains earlier this month, which left dozens injured and put the MTA’s safety reco… ...

WASHINGTON — Metro officials say they are committed to regular checks of brake bolts following a Blue line train derailment near National Airport last month. During Thursday's board meeting, the ...

Metro is making a number of organizational changes after the transit agency says it found serious failures in a recent incident on the Red Line.

A brake issue with a Green Line train led to reports of smoke inside multiple Metro stations, according to the DC Fire and EMS Department. A spokesperson with DC Fire tells 7News a train passing ...

Three people arrested amid a May Day demonstration aboard a Metro Red Line train were facing possible criminal charges today. Christopher Palomino, 24, pulled an emergency brake on a train after a ...

Federal investigators on Wednesday will examine the brakes on the Metro train that slammed into a stopped train, killing nine and injuring roughly 80 in the worst accident in the transit agency's ...