Alstom will supply an on-board automatic train control system for Line 8 of the Paris Metro as part of a wider modernisation programme.

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 ...

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,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Metro wants to try automatic train operation again, and soon. By this December, it hopes to automate the Red Line. Automatic train operation was halted 15 years ago after the deadliest ...

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which runs the city’s Muni Metro light rail, claims to be the first US agency to adopt the train control system it currently uses, which has ...

BOSTON — Technology used to prevent train accidents, already several years behind schedule, won’t be fully up and running on the MBTA’s commuter rail system for at least another year, state ...

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 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 ...