Starting Monday, Metro stations will close at 9 p.m. every day, Metro said in a statement.

A new Metro budget proposal that would hike fares and shift open hours received unanimous preliminary approval Thursday.

Metro has plans to extend hours, increase peak fares and introduce a new $2 flat fare on weekends in its 2021 budget. However, changes could be made in response to the coronavirus pandemic. News4 Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss has the details.

NBC4’s Adam Tuss has the updates on Metro services and how your rides may change again with the new guidelines from city and state leaders.

A total of 19 Metro stations are now closed, schools in Maryland will remain closed for weeks longer and D.C.’s local officials say the federal government is cheating the District out of millions in coronavirus relief funds.  Here’s where we are Thursday as we try to stop the spread of coronavirus.  Metro trains and buses across the D.C. area...

Metro will closed 17 more stations Thursday in an effort to reserve cleaning supplies and protect its employees amid the coronavirus pandemic. The following stations will be closed until further notice: Federal Center SW Federal Triangle Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center Judiciary Square Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter Greensboro Eisenhower Ave Virginia Square Cleveland Park Grosvenor-Strathmore Cheverly Clarendon East Falls Church College…

Metro will closed 17 more stations in an effort to reserve cleaning supplies and protect its employees amid the coronavirus pandemic. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

Metro is preparing to close more of its stations to protect employees, but to also reserve cleaning supplies. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

Metro announced Sunday it is significantly scaling back service during the work week “as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to disrupt all aspects of life in the region.” Here is the service plan for the week of Monday, March 23 to Friday, March 27: Metrorail: Trains will operate every 20 minutes on all lines except the Red Line. Red Line trains…

On Saturday and Sunday, trains will operate every 30 minutes on all lines. Stations will remain open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Buses will operate on a Sunday schedule both days with no supplemental routes.

Metro has confirmed to News4 that one of its bus drivers has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Metrobus operator is based out of the Bladensburg Bus Division. Metro says professional contractors cleaned and disinfected the buses in that division of the system overnight. The division reopened without restrictions this morning. Metro says that according to the D.C....

Metro shuttered the two stations closest to the Tidal Basin Thursday to keep cherry blossom visitors from crowding stations and trains. The Smithsonian and Arlington National Cemetery stations were closed at 5 p.m., planned in advance. The reason for those closures is so the system can be reserved for essential travel by the likes of employees of the Pentagon, the…

Though smaller than usual, crowds at the Tidal Basin to see the cherry blossoms are cause of concern about the coronavirus. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports Metro closed stations nearby to prevent crowding at stations and on trains.

Metro reported a decrease in ridership following its announcement encouraging residents to only use public transportation when it’s essential.

Metro is telling the public to only ride Washington, D.C.-area Metrorail or Metrobuses if it is “absolutely necessary,” and says visitors to the District’s famous cherry blossoms should not take Metro. “Our region is speaking with one voice: Stay home. Essential travel only,” the transit agency said in a public notice Tuesday evening.  Metro trains will run with reduced...

With ridership down 70% systemwide, Metro will begin running trains every 15 minutes starting Wednesday. Metrobus drivers will be allowed to skip stops if they feel their buses are too full. As News4 Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss reports, Metro is going as far as telling riders to not take their service to the Tidal Basin’s cherry blossoms.

A man had died after he was stabbed Monday morning inside the Pentagon Metro station in Arlington, Virginia.  The man was stabbed on the lower-level platform, Metro Transit police said. Transit police and Pentagon police responded at about 9 a.m. and found the man.  He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The man’s name was...

A man was stabbed to death on a Metro platform. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports.

Metro says one of its Transit Police officers has tested positive for coronavirus. The officer was stationed at the District 2 headquarters, which is right next to the Franconia-Springfield station. The officer started feeling ill last week and his test results just came back Monday.  Metro said it is retracing the officer’s steps and trying to determine if he...

Metro announced it will reduce Metrorail and bus service, moving to the highest threat level as the coronavirus pandemic escalates. The changes start Monday. Trains will operate every 12 minutes. The rail system will open at 5 a.m. Trains will operate on a normal Saturday service. Trains will operate every 12 minutes, with service from 7 a.m. until 1 a.m….