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WMATA provides rapid transit service under the Metrorail name, fixed-route bus service under the Metrobus brand, and paratransit service under the MetroAccess brand. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 239,741,800, or about 840,500 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023. WMATA has its own police force, the Metro Transit Police Department.
It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus service under the Metro name. Opened in 1976, the network now includes six lines, 98 stations, and 129 miles (208 km) of route .
With an average weekday ridership of 764,300, the Washington Metro is the second-busiest rapid transit system in the United States, behind the New York City Subway. As of 2023 [update] , the system has 98 active stations on six lines with 129 miles (208 km) of tracks.
The Green Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 21 stations in Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The Green Line runs from Branch Avenue, to Greenbelt, connecting the southeast suburbs to the northeast suburbs through downtown Washington, DC.
There have been numerous incidents on the Washington Metro over its history, including several collisions causing injuries and fatalities, and numerous derailments. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has been criticized for disregarding safety warnings and advice from experts.
Michael O'Connell, Patch Staff. Posted Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 1:17 pm ET. A federal watchdog said the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority did not intentionally fail to make public two ...
Raytevia Evans, Patch Staff. Monday morning marked a big step for transportation improvement in the Northern Virginia area as the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) broke ...
On June 15, 2022, WMATA announced that an additional Blue Line service called the Blue Plus will operate between Huntington and New Carrollton stations beginning on September 10, 2022, due to the 14th Street Bridge shutdown that suspended all Yellow Line service until May 7, 2023.
Yellow Line trains will operate on a regular weekend schedule between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Greenbelt. Free shuttle buses will replace trains between Crystal City and ...
The Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) is the transit police agency of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), created by the WMATA Compact on June 4, 1976. [1] The MTPD is unique in U.S. law enforcement as it is the only U.S. police agency that has full police authority in relation to a multi-state metro system.