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Metro GM hopes to take control of troubled transit center

Metro General Manager Richard Sarles said Thursday he thinks Metro could assume control of the Silver Spring Transit Center but he wants to address the potential extra costs of maintaining a building that has substantial structural flaws.

Tags: silver spring transit center, Montgomery County Council, wmata,

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Blossoms, sports, politics yield record-busting Metro ridership

Wednesday was the busiest ridership day for Metrorail since 2010, topping even January's inauguration ridership, and the fourth busiest day in transit system's 37-year history.

Tags: Metro, wmata, transit, cherry blossom festival, immigration

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Late games, Metro trains: Nats fans could be clock watching

There may be some clock watchers at Nationals Park this season, worrying about missing the last Metro train for games that go past midnight.

Tags: hank silverberg, Nationals Park, Metro, Washington Nationals,

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Metro considering ripping out carpet in train cars

Metro's top officials are thinking about ripping out the carpet in trains and replacing it with a speckled black hard surface.

Tags: Metro, The Washington Examiner,

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Metro head apologizes to passengers left stranded

Metro officials are apologizing for an incident that left hundreds of passengers stranded for hours on Metro's green line Wednesday evening.

Tags: Metro, wmata, green line,

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Metro: Protocols not followed in Green Line outage

Metro is investigating what when wrong during a two-hour service outage during the Wednesday evening commute.

Tags: transit, green line, Metro,

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Metro board member: Public support key to growth

A Metro board member says public support is a key to getting Maryland, Virginia and the federal government to pay for a new growth plan for the transit system.

Tags: The Washington Post, Metro,

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The future of Metro: Sarles gives details, requests feedback

Aggressive maintenance and improvement work is continuing in the Metrorail system, but construction won't disappear anytime soon.

Tags: michelle basch, wmata, Metro,

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Metro: Full cellphone access delayed until 2015

Metro says it has fallen behind on its effort to expand cellphone service throughout the transit system and may not complete the project until 2015.

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Metro, city still talking about Nats' postseason rides

As the Nationals move closer to a guaranteed spot in the playoffs, there's still no agreement in place to keep trains running late if games run longer than Metro's midnight closing time.

Tags: Adam Tuss, Nationals, Metro, wmata

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