Transit officials visited a rail yard in New York to see subway cars that use the "open gangway” style Metro is considering for its 8000 series cars.

The new line of cars will be built by Hitachi Rail in a new, $70 million “state-of-the-art” factory in Washington County, Maryland. Metro announced the contract, worth up to $2.2 billion , in ...

Brandolph says the transportation agency’s board signed off on a plan on Friday to begin seeking $390 million in federal grant funding to design and purchase brand new rail cars for the T system.