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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA / wəˈmɑːtə / wə-MAH-tə), [3] commonly referred to as Metro, is a tri-jurisdictional public transit agency that operates transit service in the Washington metropolitan area. WMATA was created by the United States Congress as an ...
The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, [ 4 ] is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus service under the Metro name. [ 5 ]
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. [1] As of 2023, the system has 98 active stations on six lines with 129 miles (208 km) of tracks.
WASHINGTON, DC — Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority cleared another hurdle for bringing back online its troubled 7000-series railcars and returning Metrorail to full service.
Monday morning marked a big step for transportation improvement in the Northern Virginia area as the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit ... and Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is scheduled to begin a months-long construction project on Sept 10 along Metro's Blue and Yellow Lines in the District and Virginia.
The Silver Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 34 stations in Loudoun County, Fairfax County and Arlington County, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County, Maryland. The Silver Line runs from Ashburn in Virginia to Downtown Largo in Maryland.
Metrobus is a bus service operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Its fleet consists of 1,595 buses covering an area of 1,500 square miles (3,900 km 2) in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. [2] There are 269 bus routes serving 11,129 stops, including 2,554 bus shelters. [2]