A 7000-series Metro train, similar to the train that derailed Friday near Reagan National Airport. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post) ...

Metro said the rail car that derailed was a 7000-series. Per a Metro performance report in 2020, there were five derailments in 2020, two in 2019 and 11 in 2018.

The brake had fallen from a 3000-series train that preceded the derailed train. The series, built in the late 1980s, is Metro’s second-oldest active rail-car model and is scheduled to be retired.

According to Metro’s preliminary review of onboard video from the derailed 7000-series train, Clarke said there was an object on the tracks that appears to have caused the derailment. Metro ...

NTSB: Metro train derailment caused by wheel assembly failures 60% of its rail fleet sidelined In this April 23, 2021, file photo, a train arrives at Metro Center station in Washington.

On Monday the National Transportation Safety Board revealed multiple shocking revelations about last Tuesday’s derailment of a Metro train, including that the same train had derailed two other ...

Metro said drastically reduced rail service will continue for the rest of the week as the investigation into last week’s Blue Line derailment continues. Starting Tuesday and lasting at least ...

The train headed away from D.C. toward Franconia-Springfield when it derailed about 1,800 feet from the Arlington Cemetery station platform, Metro officials said.

WASHINGTON (7News) — On Oct. 12, 2021, a Blue Line Metro train partially derailed near Arlington Cemetery. Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of the derailment and riders are still ...

A top federal transportation safety official harshly criticized Washington’s regional transit agency, saying a “poor safety culture” led to a 2021 derailment.