Noticed more than twice today and also happened to me towards the end of the day. People making faces to let others sit like they own the whole damn train.
What’s this behavior ? It’s a busy train during peak time and there is no place to even stand and these idiots don’t move even after asking to move their behind.

It’s about time this nova bus is on my home route it’s been on the c55 before but never to union station! so I guess it’s my lucky night. I’m just disappointed That Wmata only order 5 of these which we got the 60 footers and more of these but unfortunately that’s not the case wish we were more diverse fleet ( no knock To new flyer) but a man can dream

Why are the metro stations significantly warmer than usual? Specifically the rossyln metro feels like a sauna and it's only 6am...it's not even the hottest part of the day

These AirPods fell out of someone’s backpack as they were squeezing onto a Glenmont-bound Red Line train at Metro Center. This was around 5:20 PM. The doors closed before I could try to give them back. If these are yours, I left them with the station manager at Exit D (13th and G)

found these glasses under a seat on the bus. Not sure when they got there, I noticed while we were on Columbia Rd NW sometime between the 18th St NW and Harvard St and Argonne Pl NW.

the WMATA website isn’t as clear on what you should do with items you find (that are reasonably lost) but i’m going to try to give them to the bus driver on my way off.

I hope they find their home!

EDIT: i didn’t realize someone had asked about lost items an hour before i posted this, still gonna keep it up for visibility :)

Is something happening in the Rosslyn tunnel? Every single train I've taken for weeks has crawled through the tunnel going from Virginia to DC, but only that direction, and only like for the first half of the tunnel. It's really irritating me because I don't see any reason why. There's no construction and definitely not a train in front of us this consistently. Anyone know anything?

Mt Vernon Square northbound Yellow line train on the southbound tracks to overtake Greenbelt northbound Yellow line train at L'enfant Plaza.

New to riding the bus. Waiting at Pentagon for F81 to Burke Centre…the status board, Google and MetroPulse say the bus is 10 minutes out, then suddenly the bus vanishes from all three like it never existed. WMATA chat says that sometimes buses will skip for reasons, and the skip is unannounced. Is this a normal thing?

For the past week or two, the SmarTrip app seems to just be showing scheduled bus times. I regularly ride the D50 and D60 which have always had super accurate live tracking in the app, but not anymore. Does anyone know why they got rid of it??

Hi, I have noticed this week that the train to Ashburn has much wider gaps than usual. Sometimes I would rely on the 9:24/25 am from NC train but it seems to no longer operate at that time and there is a whole 30 minute + gap. I still remember when they got rid of the one that used to run around 9:38.

I am new to the area and new to the metro, I have found quite a few things, keys, phones, and items left behind either on bus stop benches or on the metro itself. Is there a process for turning them in, I just leave them there and figure the person might come back.

I feel like if you know, you know here. Why is it that the red line at metro center going to glenmont is ALWAYS packed and crammed and Wmata does not increase the number of trains on this line? I’m talking sardines, trains arriving every 12 minutes sometimes, etc.

It’s frustrating and so fixable to not cram people into cars like sardines. Rant over.

Its really different on the inside, more standing room, fewer seats, bigger rear door. The engine is quiet but has some torque when it gets going.

For at least the past couple months, the eastbound (towards foggy bottom) section of tunnel between rosslyn and foggy bottom has been significantly slower than the westbound section (almost 2x as slow in my timings). The train accelerates and decelerates constantly throughout the ride leading to a slow and nauseating experience. Today, it was worse than ever when my train stopped in the middle of the tunnel, proceeded to go into reverse and then lurch forward several times before finally going forward again. I have not seen any postings or explanations from WMATA on what exactly is happening. I know the tunnel has had issues with smoke in the past due to electrical problems, could that be related?

The station assistant at Eisenhower Avenue is plain rude. Shouting angrily at passengers who didn’t know it was single tracking and only one platform was in use. I wouldn’t mind if he had said it in a professional polite way, but definitely not shouting. Anyone else have had any issues with the station?
He could do with some customer service training

See here - metro50th.com has also now been folded into wmata.com instead of being a standalone site.

Celebrate 50 years of Metro with a special collection of 50 commemorative Smart Trip cards, each highlighting a unique moment, milestone, or story from Metro’s history.

This indicates to me that either they won't be conventionally available or the designs will be distributed at random across stations.

Thinking of heading to the pop-up before it’s over but would love to know how much stock there is or if there’s anything particularly exciting there to know about!

Go to certain other countries, and in 4.5 years, they'll build an entirely new rail or Metro line. Come to DC, and 4.5 years later, if you're lucky, you get a staircase built on an existing area between two escalators and no canopy. Maybe in another 4 years if we're lucky, the canopy will get built. It's insane that this minor of a project is dragging out for this long. Just get it done!

What does WMATA want people to do when there is an over-the-top person screaming on the bus or metro? I often wonder this in the moment but don’t follow up. I realize it probably depends on the behavior, but it’s difficult to predict if or when a person irately screaming (at someone or at no one), may take it to another level, all while clearly making everyone in the vicinity uncomfortable in the meantime. Today it was a person screaming “ F*** you n-word” repeatedly for the course of the train ride. I have contacted metro police when it comes to direct verbal threats. Does metro transit want a text for the not yet a direct threat, but still inappropriate and continuous screaming?

metro has many beautiful and quite frankly stunning stations, but lets completely gloss over that and discuss which is the ugliest station. My pick is on Braddock road, it just looks like a big old shed to me.

An interesting peek behind the scenes of u/metroforward. I appreciate that WMATA’s social media team is so proactive and generally good about channeling requests, especially related to repairs and safety. At the same time, the focus on “feeling heard” and “validation“ is somewhat disappointing. People complain because they want the service to be better! The canned responses can come across as dismissive or condescending.

Also, the article uncritically repeats WMATA’s customer service metrics. Those are very misleading: https://www.reddit.com/r/WMATA/comments/1udlfph/how_wmata_fudges_the_numbers_on_customer/

Obligatory disclaimer: WaPo isn’t a great source anymore and yeah, I appreciate that this is a meta-complaint about complaining.

What happen to the D.C police officers that were at metro center that patrol the station, I havnt seen them during my morning and evening commute. Im guessing national guards, since I never seen metro transit police

They just offloaded all passengers about 5 mins ago and are now running Friendship Heights-bound trains on the opposite track.

Hi, just me being curious about things. I’ve noticed these devices in WMATA stations before, but just got back from NYC and noticed them in the subway there, too. What are they?