DC/MD/VA: Metro GM says older rail equipment is 'safe but not reliable long term'

On a tour of a Metro station’s train control room, General Manager and CEO of WMATA Randy Clarke looked around a room that seemed frozen in time, surrounded by equipment older than him.

“We are currently like an 8-track system … we want to move to streaming,” Clarke said, comparing Metro’s technological advancement to audio. “The reality is we’ve got some antennas up, trying to get local channels.”

Clarke noted that the trains are still safe, but the technology it runs on is “not reliable long term.”

“We’ve got to adapt to the modern age. We got to use data center technology to get us to that high-reliability system,” he said. ....................(more)

https://wtop.com/tracking-metro-24-7/2025/10/metro-gm-says-older-rail-equipment-is-safe-but-not-reliable-long-term/